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 →
Nick Olson has been working as an organizer with LSP for 12 years, primarily within the Farm Beginnings initiative. During the past five years, he has been organizing farmers to lift-up their voices and actions for justice. Additionally, he and his family run a certified organic vegetable farm in Litchfield, Minn. He is committed to… Read More →
Alex joined LSP’s soil health team in July 2018 and lives, works, and plays in the Driftless countryside with her family. At LSP, Alex spends her days leading the soil health team and organizing with regional farmers and partners to establish soil health practices as the new norm for farming. Alex grew up as a… Read More →
Clara Sanders started at LSP as a volunteer in 2016 and joined LSP’s staff a year later. Clara coordinates the membership renewal cycle, manages membership data in the database, supports staff in using the database for organizing, contributes to communications work, and works on social and racial justice initiatives. Clara grew up in Oklahoma and… Read More →
Laura Schreiber first joined LSP as a Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs (HECUA) intern in 2018, helping to launch our Local Foods Campaign. She has worn several hats with the Land Stewardship Project and the Land Stewardship Action Fund since. Laura coordinated LSP’s 2019 Family Farm Breakfast at the Capitol and can confirm it… Read More →
Matthew Sheets joined the Land Stewardship Project’s staff in late 2019 after organizing for years in his home of western Minnesota. He began his work with LSP as part of the Farm Crisis Campaign and has been working to follow up on the goals of that campaign and expand that work to advance the cause… 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 →
Karen Stettler has been working with beginning and retiring farmers for over 22 years and has served in the roles of Farm Beginnings facilitator, organizer, and program director. Growing up on a farm, living in a rural area and seeing the changing landscape of farming has motivated her to engage in this needed work of… Read More →
