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 Spotify, Stitcher, iTunes, and other podcast platforms.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 380
- Years Active
- 2005 - 2025
Ear to the Ground 280: Maximum vs. Optimal
Adhering to the tenets of Ag Econ 101, a pair of beginning farmers are avoiding commodity row crops and embracing grazing, silvopasturing, and “bale grazed veggies.” More Information: • LSP’s Soil He…
00:23:53 |
Thu 04 Aug 2022
Ear to the Ground 279: We Are What We Eat
There’s a connection between the biome beneath our feet and the bounty on our table. Allen Williams thinks research linking soil health and nutrient density of food holds huge potential for advancing…
00:20:48 |
Sat 16 Jul 2022
Ear to the Ground 278: It Can Happen Anywhere
Allen Williams describes how regenerative practices are working on four farming operations representing widely divergent geographical locations and enterprises. 3rd of 4 episodes in a series: Episode…
00:20:42 |
Fri 15 Jul 2022
Ear to the Ground 277: 3 Regenerative Rules
Allen Williams asks, “What is a weed?” and lays out the three rules of adaptive stewardship. 2nd of 4 episodes in a series: Episode 1 Episode 3 Episode 4 More Information: Allen Williams will be pres…
00:29:51 |
Thu 07 Jul 2022
Ear to the Ground 276: Why Regenerative Ag?
Allen Williams believes that farming in nature’s image isn’t just a nice idea, it’s an agricultural/ecological imperative. 1st of 4 episodes in a series: Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 More Informatio…
00:35:37 |
Fri 01 Jul 2022
Ear to the Ground 275: Blurring the Bobolink Boundaries
How the Specht family is using rotational grazing, citizen science, and community collaboration to tear down the fence between the agricultural and avian worlds. More Information: • The Spechts have…
00:25:26 |
Tue 14 Jun 2022
Ear to the Ground 274: From Dirt to Diversity
How Scott and Amanda Holthaus are transforming corn-soybean ground into perennial pasture utilizing soil biology and the rotational grazing of diverse cover crops. More Information: • LSP Video: What…
00:27:44 |
Sun 05 Jun 2022
Ear to the Ground 273: Incubating Immigrants
Dawn 2 Dusk’s dedication to helping Africans get established on Minnesota soil. More information: • Dawn 2 Dusk Farm • Kilimo Minnesota • LSP’s Farm Beginnings Class • Land Transition Resources • The…
00:25:57 |
Mon 23 May 2022
Ear to the Ground 272: Micro Milk Mentorship
Government regulators may be befuddled by Cella Langer and Emmet Fisher’s tiny dairy, but these Farm Beginnings/Journeyperson grads know exactly where it fits into their business. More information: •…
00:17:00 |
Fri 15 Apr 2022
Ear to the Ground 271: Focusing on Fungi
Maks Kopish is looking through a microscope and seeing a way for soil to be self-reliant.
00:32:33 |
Sun 10 Apr 2022
Ear to the Ground 270: It Doesn’t Rain Grass
In an area that receives 8-10 inches of precipitation annually, Mexican rancher Alejandro Carrillo’s philosophy is: “It’s not how much rain you get, it’s what you do with it.” That’s why he makes sur…
00:18:55 |
Thu 10 Mar 2022
Ear to the Ground 269: Soil’s Stairway to Heaven
Mike Seifert is using cover cropping and no-till to make up for the soil damage caused by years of heavy metal tillage. One rainy night, his headlamp illuminated the results. More Information • Event…
00:23:13 |
Mon 28 Feb 2022
Ear to the Ground 268: Rolling Down the CC River
A farmer, a soil conservationist, and a crops specialist talk about how the roller crimper system can help extend the benefits of a cover crop. More Information • Video of roller crimper being used o…
00:28:51 |
Thu 24 Feb 2022
Ear to the Ground 267: Bringing Science Back to the Farm
A 4th grade experiment launched farmer Connor McCormick down a path of researching linkages between ecology, agricultural economics, and healthy soil. More Information • Ear to the Ground 166: A farm…
00:20:41 |
Mon 14 Feb 2022
Ear to the Ground 266: Activating Soil Life
How farmers involved in an LSP research project hope to use the Johnson-Su Bioreactor composting system to spark a chain reaction of underground ecological activity. More information: • An LSP Slide…
00:29:18 |
Thu 13 Jan 2022
Ear to the Ground 265: Diving into Safer Waters
Nettle Valley Farm’s “informed sink or swim” model of incubating the next generation of farmers. LSP’s Ear to the Ground episode 261 describes Nettle Valley Farm’s silvopasturing system and the work …
00:27:03 |
Sun 19 Dec 2021
Ear to the Ground 264: Center of the Universe
Pack-shed or people? LSP’s Journeyperson helped vegetable producers Les Macare and Els Dobrick make a big decision about a recent growing season. More information: • Land Stewardship Letter Racing He…
00:18:18 |
Fri 17 Dec 2021
Ear to the Ground 263: Public Investment in Public Goods
Anna Racer and Pete Skold have used state and federal “spark plugs” to build a farm enterprise infrastructure that’s good not just for them, but the community as well. Back in 2012, we interviewed Ra…
00:24:28 |
Thu 16 Dec 2021
Ear to the Ground 262: A Silvo Secondary Enterprise
Rachel Henderson and Anton Ptak’s secondary enterprise could be a boon for farm country pollinators. (In 2010, Henderson and Ptak were featured on Ear to the Ground soon after they launched their orc…
00:22:10 |
Thu 16 Dec 2021
Ear to the Ground 261: Pigs, Pastures & Pollinators
Nettle Valley Farm is using silvopasturing to prove ecological sustainability and profitable livestock production can coexist — creating healthy pollinator habitat in the bargain. LSP’s Ear to the Gr…
00:20:56 |
Mon 22 Nov 2021
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