Ear to the Ground 181: Diverse Land, Drunk Grasshoppers
How birds, biology and food production blend on one Minnesota dairy farm.
Ear to the Ground Podcast
Here you will find LSP’s 15-year collection of podcasts featuring farmers, scientists, and others telling stories from the land. You can find LSP Ear to the Ground podcast episodes on Pandora, iTunes, and other podcast platforms.
Ear to the Ground 180: Forging Strong Ties from Weak Links
Using Farm Beginnings and Journeyperson training to make holistic decisions on a community farm.
Ear to the Ground 179: Risky Business
LSP investigates how innovative farmers manage economic and agronomic risk.
Ear to the Ground 178: A Sick Healthcare System
The MN Nurses Association’s Rose Roach talks about working with LSP to transform healthcare from a commodity to a human right.
Ear to the Ground 177: Covering the Bottom Line
A farmer and a researcher talk about making cover crops pay.
Ear to the Ground 176: Testing Total Terra
LSP experiments with a new test that provides deeper insights into soil’s productive potential.
Ear to the Ground 175: Spades, Worms & Fungi
An Indiana farmer describes his experience with cover cropping and how it fits into a bigger goal of improving his land’s soil health (part 3 of 3).
Ear to the Ground 174: From the Roots Up
A soil scientist compares Indiana’s ‘bottom up’ approach to advancing soil health to Maryland’s ‘top down’ system (part 2 of 3).
Ear to the Ground 173: A Million Acres of Cover Crops
How Indiana became the king of cover cropping (part 1 of 3).
Ear to the Ground 172: Beyond the Backyard
With the help of LSP’s Farm Beginnings and Journeyperson, Sara Morrison takes her garden beyond the backyard.