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Soil Builders’ E-Letters

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Below are back issues of LSP’s Soil Builders’ e-letter. To receive this newsletter via e-mail, sign up here.

  • August 2025: Soil Health Hubs, Grazing Economics, Small Grains, Kernza, Soil Health Grants, Farm Beginnings, Soil Events, Cover Crop Benchmarking Cohort
  • 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 & Resiliency, Small Grains Workshop, Soil Health Steering Committee, Grazing Group Meetings, Allen & Kathleen Deutz Podcast
  • October 2024: Soil Health Survey, Value-Added Grant, Meet Our Steering Committee Members, Parker & Sam Beard Podcast, Roller Crimping
  • August 2024: Soil Health Events, Soil Health Resources, New Soil Health Organizer. Rachelle Meyer Podcast
  • June 2024: Driftless Grazing School, Seeking Steering Committee Members, Small Grains, Integrating Crops & Livestock, Soil Health Events, Josh Nelson Podcast
  • December 2023: Cover Crop Economics, Rooting Out Nitrates, Matt Tentis Podcast
  • August 2022: Summer Events, Scott & Amanda Holthaus
  • December 2021: Grazing Groups, John Snyder
  • August 2021: Field Days, Drought Resources, 12 Tails Farm
  • June 2021: Summer Events & Local Meat Processing with Eric Klein
  • April 2021: New Staff & Mark Erickson — Soil Health on Rentals
  • January 2021: New Staff, Music Video & Knutson Shorthorns
  • November 2020: Oppression Trainings, Virtual Winter Events & Farmer Mervin Beachy
  • August 2020: New Soil Health Team Member & Upcoming Events
  • June 2020: Sustainability & Justice Go Hand-in-Hand
  • April 2020: Soil Health & COVID-19, Connor McCormick
  • Feb. 2020: NRCS Grazing Updates, Jonathan Lundgren & Jean Erpelding
  • Nov. 2019: Farm Crisis, Farming Green, Selling Pastured Meat
  • Sept. 2019: Farm Crisis, Fall Pasture Walks, the Johnson Family Image
  • July 2019: Climate Change, Upcoming Field Days & Farmer Spotlight on Robb Miller
  • May 2019: Steering Committee, New Podcast, Thickes
  • March 2019: Farmer Consulting Service, Grazing Circles, Bob Mierau
  • Jan. 2019: Grazing Expansion, Resources & Farmer Curt Tvedt
  • Nov. 2018: Staff, Weather Extremes & Farmer Daryn McGowan
  • Sept. 18, 2018: Field Day Turnout, Nobel Conference, Farmer Willie Erdmann
  • July 21, 2018: Investigating Soil Biology, Chuck Henry
  • May 23, 2018: NRCS Seeding Rates, Resources, John Meyer
  • March 13, 2018: Winter Workshops, Archuleta, Ed McNamara
  • Jan. 19, 2018: Winter Workshops, Videos, Loran Steinlage
  • Nov. 11, 2017: Your Story?, Elaine Ingham, Rory Beyer
  • Sept. 8, 2017: CC Considerations, Resources, Olaf Haugen
  • July 15, 2017: Erosion Control, Field Days, Tom & Lisa Hoekstra
  • May 18, 2017: Videos, Resources, Myron Sylling
  • March 29, 2017: Sign-up for the Network, Resources, Kaleb Anderson
  • August 2021: Field Days, Drought Resources, 12 Tails Farm
  • June 2021: Summer Events & Local Meat Processing with Eric Klein
  • April 2021: New Staff & Mark Erickson — Soil Health on Rentals
  • January 2021: New Staff, Music Video & Knutson Shorthorns
  • November 2020: Oppression Trainings, Virtual Winter Events & Farmer Mervin Beachy
  • August 2020: New Soil Health Team Member & Upcoming Events
  • June 2020: Sustainability & Justice Go Hand-in-Hand
  • April 2020: Soil Health & COVID-19, Connor McCormick
  • Feb. 2020: NRCS Grazing Updates, Jonathan Lundgren & Jean Erpelding
  • Nov. 2019: Farm Crisis, Farming Green, Selling Pastured Meat
  • Sept. 2019: Farm Crisis, Fall Pasture Walks, the Johnson Family Image
  • July 2019: Climate Change, Upcoming Field Days & Farmer Spotlight on Robb Miller
  • May 2019: Steering Committee, New Podcast, Thickes
  • March 2019: Farmer Consulting Service, Grazing Circles, Bob Mierau
  • Jan. 2019: Grazing Expansion, Resources & Farmer Curt Tvedt
  • Nov. 2018: Staff, Weather Extremes & Farmer Daryn McGowan
  • Sept. 18, 2018: Field Day Turnout, Nobel Conference, Farmer Willie Erdmann
  • July 21, 2018: Investigating Soil Biology, Chuck Henry
  • May 23, 2018: NRCS Seeding Rates, Resources, John Meyer
  • March 13, 2018: Winter Workshops, Archuleta, Ed McNamara
  • Jan. 19, 2018: Winter Workshops, Videos, Loran Steinlage
  • Nov. 11, 2017: Your Story?, Elaine Ingham, Rory Beyer
  • Sept. 8, 2017: CC Considerations, Resources, Olaf Haugen
  • July 15, 2017: Erosion Control, Field Days, Tom & Lisa Hoekstra
  • May 18, 2017: Videos, Resources, Myron Sylling
  • March 29, 2017: Sign-up for the Network, Resources, Kaleb Anderson

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September 2025

Wednesday September 17

9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Grazing for Invasive Species Management in Oak Savannas
Wednesday September 17
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Grazing for Invasive Species Management in Oak Savannas
Myre-Big Island State Park, 19499 780th Ave, Albert Lea, MN 56007, USA

For details on this workshop, click here.

12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Extending the Grazing Season with Cover Crops & Native Grasses
Wednesday September 17
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Extending the Grazing Season with Cover Crops & Native Grasses
Bluffton Resort & Bar, 2619 W Ravine Rd, Decorah, IA 52101, USA

This Ducks Unlimited workshop will feature a discussion of how livestock producers can utilize cover crops and native grasses to extend the grazing season. Featured speakers include Adam Janke, who will discuss Iowa State University’s research on CRP grazing, and Brian Dougherty of Understanding AG, who will discuss the economics of grazing cover crops. There will also be a presentation on Ducks Unlimited’s Advancing Markets for Producers Partnership. 
 
For details, see this flier. or call Ducks Unlimited’s Liam Bonk at 612-483-3577. To register, click here.

Thursday September 18

5:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Minnesota Women in Conservation: Conservation Land Walk in Dawson
Thursday September 18
5:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Minnesota Women in Conservation: Conservation Land Walk in Dawson
Dawson, MN

During this Minnesota Women in Conservation event, participants will walk around a “homestead” farm site — exploring areas and goals the landowner hopes to improve in the future, including pollinator habitat, perennial plantings, wind breaks, privacy/noise screens, water quality improvements, well sealing, and compost placements. Participants will hear feedback and recommendations from a conservation professional on potential programs that could assist the landowner in achieving those goals. 
 
This is a FREE event, but you must RSVP here to get the address. For more information and to RSVP, click here.

Saturday September 20

All Day
Farm Aid
Saturday September 20
Farm Aid
Huntington Bank Stadium, 420 23rd Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA

 Farm Aid is heading to Minnesota for the first time for its 40th anniversary festival on Saturday, Sept. 20, at Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. The event will launch a year-long celebration of four decades of impactful advocacy, historic cultural moments and unforgettable music.

Farm Aid 40 — a full day of music, family farmers, HOMEGROWN food and agricultural experiences — will feature performances by Farm Aid board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young (and the Chrome Hearts), John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews (with Tim Reynolds), and Margo Price, as well as Billy Strings, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Trampled by Turtles, Waxahatchee, Eric Burton of Black Pumas, Jesse Welles, Madeline Edwards and more artists to be announced.

For details, click here.

Monday September 22

9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Twin Cities Urban Farm Bus Tour
Monday September 22
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Twin Cities Urban Farm Bus Tour
Leatherdale Equine Center, 1801 Dudley Ave, St Paul, MN 55108, USA

Join University of Minnesota Extension, Hennepin County, and the Natural Resources Conservation Service on Monday, Sept. 22, for a bus tour of urban farms. We’ll discuss the challenges of city growing, including compaction, contamination, soil health, water management, and more. And we’ll learn about how growers are using soil health practices to mitigate these challenges. Stops will include: 

  • The St. Thomas research gardens, where researchers have been studying different methods for maintaining fertility in urban garden beds for 8+ years, and learning about how these different approaches impact soil health and water quality
  • Our Roots Community Garden, where gardeners have implemented a variety of soil health practices to remediate a brownfield contaminated site into a lush garden with healthy soil and plants. Gardeners here are also working to establish a micro forest at the site
  • Urban Roots farm at Rivoli Bluff. The team at Urban Roots has worked for years to establish a thriving farm at a former street sweeping site. They’ve tried many different practices to address compaction, replace invasive species with native plants to mitigate erosion, and to grow vegetables for their community. 

This is the first tour in a three part soil health bus tour series. Participants can sign up for just one, two, or all three tours. Register at https://z.umn.edu/vegetablebustours. The cost is $15 (flat fee, covers 1, 2, or 3 tours). There are more details in the attached flyer.

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