Sara is seeking to rent or buy up to 2 acres in Minnesota. Sara would like to house her small backyard hen flock and, if conditions are right, expand. Sara would provide all necessary equipment including hen house, run, and other fencing as needed. She is moving to Delano (more restrictive) from Watertown and does… Read More →
Daniel is seeking to rent 200 pasture and tillable acres in Minnesota. No housing is needed. Available 9/1/26. Read More →
Chie is seeking to rent 5 tillable acres in Minnesota. No housing is necessary. Read More →
Maya is seeking a small plot of land (as small as 1/4 acre) to rent or buy within a 60 minute drive from Minneapolis. Maya is a beginning farmer who hopes to grow vegetables for a small CSA and for free food distribution efforts. Maya is open to creative land access arrangements, including renting land… Read More →
Amber is seeking to rent or buy 40 acres of pasture with 5 tillable in Minnesota. Amber is interest in a house and is available 6/1/26. Read More →
Garret is seeking 80 tillable acres to rent in Minnesota. No house is necessary. Read More →
Land Stewardship Project Sees Bill as Important Step for Getting More Beginning Farmers on the Land SAINT PAUL, Minn.—A bill moving through the Minnesota Legislature would help beginning farmers overcome one of the biggest barriers they face when trying to launch an agricultural business: access to land. According to farmer-members of the Land Stewardship Project… Read More →
While recording a recent LSP podcast interview with southwest Minnesota farmer Carmen Fernholz, I was reminded of how important it is that farmers identify closely with the land they’re producing a livelihood from. As Fernholz put it: “If you’re a good farmer you can’t help but become attached to the land. And when you become… Read More →
Do you own farmland and want to make sure it is taken care of using good stewardship practices? Two “Managing for Stewardship” workshops are being presented in Minnesota this winter by the Land Stewardship Project (LSP) and the Upper Mississippi Region of the League of Women Voters. These workshops are for farmland owners, retired farm… Read More →
Jan. 15: An LSP Round-up of News Covering Land, People & Communities Bill Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner (1/15/21) Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates are now the largest private farmland owners in the U.S., according to The Land Report. Highlights: They have accumulated a massive farmland portfolio — 242,000 acres —… Read More →
