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Feed the Plant, Starve the Soil

There are lots of reminders out there that we have a long ways to go before building soil health becomes a mainstay of our food and farming system. Some reminders are subtle, while others are about as blunt as a baseball bat to the head. A reminder of the latter variety is featured in the…  Read More

Seeking Farmland to Rent or Buy: Wisconsin

Ryan is seeking 15 acres (tillable, pasture and forest) in Wisconsin.  Ryan would consider fenced acres, but also willing to put in fence, water line, and convert acreage as needed.  No house is needed.

Land Line: Argentine Beef, Farm Bankruptcies, Monopolies, Rural Hunger, School Lunch, Nitrate Fertilizer, Avian Flu

Trump Suggests U.S. Will Buy Argentine Beef to Lower Prices (10/20/25) Farmdoc reports that President Donald Trump is proposing importing more Argentinian beef in an attempt to bring down prices for American consumers. Trump has been working to help Argentina bolster its collapsing economy with a $20 billion credit swap line and additional financing from…  Read More

Fulfilling a Social Contract

A Viral Carrot Sale During a Pandemic Reveals Local Food’s Potential…& Limits In mid-March, when it was becoming clear the COVID-19 pandemic was going to change the way food is procured in the U.S. and beyond, the owners of Open Hands Farm placed five bags of carrots and a money box in their driveway. Farm…  Read More

Seeking Farmland to Buy: Wisconsin

Kayla is seeking to buy pasture, tillable, forest acres in Wisconsin.  A house with garage, water, sewer, electric and driveway is preferred.

Seeking Farmland to Buy: Wisconsin

Michael is seeking 80 acres  (a mix of open and forested land) to buy in western Wisconsin (preferably near River Falls, Hudson, New Richmond, or Somerset, but open to options) to establish a rotational grazing and perennial food crop production enterprise. Ideally, the forested portion of the land would have adequate wildlife and maple trees…  Read More

Seeking Farmland to Buy: Minnesota

Lupe is seeking to buy three tillable acres in Minnesota.  No house is needed but fencing and water would be a plus.  Available 3/1/26.

Digging into a Soil Health Test

A streak of creativity brightens the landscape when farmers join forces with scientists to investigate “the standard” of what we thought we already knew. Take, for example, the fresh look at how soil functions—collectively called soil health—that has been the talk of Land Stewardship Project workshops and field days the past five years or so.…  Read More

Farmland for Rent or Sale: Wisconsin

Scott is looking for a farmer to rent or buy 15 tillable, 30 pasture, 20 forest and 5 other acres in Edgar, WI.  The land is on a state highway that would be a great place to have CSA and a store front. There is a house and a wood working shop.