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 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 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.
Ear to the Ground 171: Pasque Providers
Using conservation grazing to revitalize a prairie.
Ear to the Ground 170: Constructive Criticism
How a Farm Beginnings field day makes everyone a “consultant.”
Ear to the Ground 169: Acre of Opportunity
A livestock/crop farmer lends out an “odd corner” on his property as a launching pad for a beginning vegetable operation.
Ear to the Ground 168: Blitzing the Biome
Rural residents and naturalists “BioBlitz” grassland and learn about its relationship to clean water and vibrant communities.
Ear to the Ground 167: Small Goals, Big Plans
Farm Beginnings grads achieve a series of “micro-goals” in service of the bigger picture: a successful livestock enterprise.
Ear to the Ground 166: From the Lab to the Land
A farmer works with a professor and her students at a local college to study the impacts of cropping on soil health.
Ear to the Ground 165: A Night of Wendell Berry
LSP farmer-members honor Wendell Berry with an evening of readings.