Why join Fresh Earth Farms? Truly Local: We are located in the Twin Cities just 20 minutes from downtown St. Paul. Your money stays local to support the Twin Cities economy. Our property taxes support Minnesota, Washington County, and the local school district. Very few food miles. Real CSA Farm: Community Supported Agriculture is a… Read More →
How farmers involved in an LSP research project hope to use the Johnson-Su Bioreactor composting system to spark a chain reaction of underground ecological activity. More information: • An LSP Slideshow on Johnson-Su Bioreactor Construction in Minnesota • How to Build Your Own Bioreactor • Managing a Johnson-Su Composting Bioreactor • Microbiologist Elaine Ingham You can… Read More →
Meet Sasa Organic Farms, a collective of Kenyan farmers. Sasa is five family farms: Dawn2Dusk Organic Farms, Lisaviole Farms, Lisaviole Organic Farms, Green Joy Farm, Gedef Organic Farm, and Laurens Organic Farm. They provide Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) shares, produce, and seedlings to customers in and around Minnesota’s Twin Cities. Like many beginning farmers, their goal… Read More →
Megan Smith joined LSP’s staff in 2011 after serving as a volunteer and intern in our Minneapolis office. Megan is inspired by building the people power needed to create transformational change in our farm and food system and by the commitment LSP members have for protecting people and the land. Before coming to work at… Read More →
Robin Moore started at LSP in summer 2013, working directly with farmers and partnering organizations and agencies involved in the Chippewa 10% Project. Robin came to LSP with 18 years of farming experience, including small-scale market gardening, conventional farming, livestock and vineyard work/management. Robin’s diverse experiences, from direct and small scale to large corn and… Read More →
Amy has over 20 years of experience with LSP in both programmatic and management roles. As a Master’s Internationalist graduate student, Amy learned from Paraguayan farmers about effective farmer-to-farmer training and research. She brought this ground-up approach into developing and evaluating LSP programs, including Farm Beginnings, a farmer-led and community-based beginning farmer training model. As… Read More →
What happens when you get out of the car and wade into a prairie? A scientist and a soil expert talk about this biome’s under-appreciated beauty, its outsized benefits, and how grazing can fuel its ecological energy. Other Ear to the Ground Podcasts on Prairies & Farming: • Episode 25: The farm as natural… Read More →
The Land Stewardship Project’s Soil Builders’ Network is developing a series of short videos highlighting how farmers are utilizing cover crops, rotational grazing, diverse crop rotations, and no-till to build soil health in economically viable ways. We will be adding videos to this page as they are produced. Here’s what we have so far: •…
Below are back issues of LSP’s Soil Builders’ e-letter. To receive this newsletter via e-mail, sign up here. April 2025: Signs of Spring, Flower Power, Soil Legislation, Small Grains, Kernza Podcasts, Dodge County, NRCS Working Meetings February 2025: Small Grains Workshop Wrap-up, Soil Health Steering Committee, Small Grains Videos, Landon Plagge Podcast December 2024: Oats…
A functioning ecosystem isn’t complete without animals to help close the nutrient loop. One key way farmers are building soil organic matter, cycling nutrients, and adding economic value to their farmland is by integrating ruminant livestock — beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep, and goats — into a well-managed grazing system. Simply turning animals out onto…
