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LSP's Ear to the Ground features in-the-field interviews with farmers, scientists, activists, and others involved with creating a regenerative, sustainable farm and food system. It is the official podcast of the Land Stewardship Project.
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Paul and Delores Moechnig are working to prove to the next generation that the road to farming’s future doesn’t have to pass through corn and soybean fields. It turns out the bluebirds and swallows appreciate the offramp they’ve taken into rotational grazing as well.More Information:• LSP’s Soil Builders’ Network• Blog: Soil Health Hub Gathering Illustrates the Power of Dreams Anchored in Reality• Ear to the Ground 391: Grounded in Grazing• Ear to the Ground 390: Sounds of Success• Ear to the Ground 371: Avian Award• Ear to the Ground 370: Bending the Bird Curve• Ear to the Ground 275: Blurring the Bobolink Boundaries
Emily and Ryan Kjesbo-Johnson vowed their lifelong commitment to community would not stop when they moved out of their urban neighborhood and onto a farm. Farm Beginnings is helping them keep that promise.More Information:• LSP’s Farm Beginnings Course (2026-2027 Early Bird Discount Deadline Aug. 1, 2026; Final Deadline Sept. 1, 2026) • Crowded Table Farm • LSP’s “Fresh Voices” Beginning Farmer Podcast Series
Jane Marynik’s pursuit of perfection ran into a brick wall called vegetable farming. LSP’s Farm Beginnings has helped her strike a more sustainable balance between work and life.More Information:• LSP’s Farm Beginnings Course (2026-2027 Early Bird Discount Deadline Aug. 1, 2026; Final Deadline Sept. 1, 2026)• Four Beans Farm• Food Farm• LSP’s “Fresh Voices” Beginning Farmer Podcast Series
Livestock producer Frances Kelliher admits to being a bit cynical and burnt-out on her first day in LSP’s Farm Beginnings course. But the program helped revitalize her belief that regenerative grazing can renew one’s relationship with the land and community. More Information:• LSP’s Farm Beginnings Course (2026-2027 Early Bird Discount Deadline Aug. 1, 2026; Final Deadline Sept. 1, 2026) • Riverbed Lamb
Josh Bryceson sees The Good Acre food hub as a way to not only build markets for local vegetable producers, but to germinate the next generation of farmers (2 of 2 parts).More Information:• The Good Acre Food Hub• LSP’s Community-Based Food Systems Program• Ear to the Ground 399: Asking Why
A decade ago, veggie and livestock farmers Josh Bryceson and Rama Hoffpauir realized sweat equity would only take them so far in their ag journey, so they looked up from the grindstone long enough to take in the big picture (1 of 2 parts).More Information:• Turnip Rock Farm & Cosmic Wheel Creamery• LSP’s Farm Beginnings Course• Farmland Access Holistic Financial Decision-Making Tool
Over the past three decades, the rotating Endowed Chair in Agricultural Systems has provided farmers and others a chance to build a more sustainable farm and food system in Minnesota. Farmer and community leader Marvin Johnson says now is not the time to close that public door into the University.More Information:• Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture • Endowed Chair in Agricultural Systems • Opinion: Funding Cuts Hit Sustainable Agriculture Partnership with U of M • Blog: Don Wyse’s Land Grant Legacy • Blog: Endowed Chair Puts the Right People in the Right Place to Address a Critical Problem
In 1986, Joe Paddock co-authored a book called Soil and Survival. Its message: the relationship between farming and the land is in serious need of repair. Four decades later, that message is more relevant than ever.More Information:• Soil and Survival • Planting in the Dust Script • Joe Paddock • Joe Paddock’s Books • Nancy Paddock • Carol Bly • Making Change from the Ground Up: 40 Stories for 40 Years of Land Stewardship Project
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