Land Stewardship Project's Ear to the Ground Podcast
Land Stewardship Project's Ear to the Ground podcast features in-the-field interviews related to the Land Stewardship Project's work on regenerative agriculture, local food systems, rural communities, beginning farmers, social/economic justice, and agricultural/environmental policy.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 381
- Years Active
- 2005 - 2025
Ear to the Ground 340: Entrepreneurial Equity
Beginning farmer Alondra Cano’s conversations with other Spanish-speaking agrarians have unearthed insights into the role emerging farmers can play in a regenerative food system, and what needs to be…
00:38:25 |
Wed 12 Jun 2024
Ear to the Ground 339: Urban Ag’s Moment
The USDA’s recent creation of urban ag service centers is a recognition that growing food in the city is more than a quirky news story. More Information • Kajsa Beatty Contact • USDA Office of Urban …
00:37:30 |
Wed 01 May 2024
Ear to the Ground 338: Microbial IRA
For Jerome Fulsaas, cover cropping and no-till are creating an individual retirement account based on a living soil bank, not dead dirt. More Information • LSP’s Bridge to Soil Health Web Page • LSP’…
00:23:04 |
Fri 12 Apr 2024
Ear to the Ground 337: ROI & Riding a Bike
Josh Nelson’s approach to farming means looking beyond the next corn crop and building the kind of soil that generates long-term return on investment. More Information • LSP’s Bridge to Soil Health …
00:24:55 |
Thu 11 Apr 2024
Ear to the Ground 336: Biology Booster
Gary Zimmer says before a farm can be sustainable, it has to be regenerated — and that starts with the soil. More Information • LSP’s Bridge to Soil Health Web Page • LSP’s Microbiology & Soil Health…
00:19:00 |
Tue 09 Apr 2024
Ear to the Ground 335: Bumping Elbows
From raising produce and working in a restaurant to teaching food safety and managing a farmers’ market, Sara George has experienced “farm-to-fork” from just about every angle possible. This has give…
00:33:08 |
Thu 21 Mar 2024
Ear to the Ground 334: Youth Movement
Farm Beginnings grad Marcos Giossi started his food-raising career as a teenager tilling soil on an old soccer field. Now he’s helping young urban farmers utilize a values-based decision making strat…
00:19:49 |
Fri 15 Mar 2024
Ear to the Ground 333: 2 Kinds of Power
When LSP farmer-members like Paul Sobocinski took on Big Pork, it showed the long-term impact grassroots organizing can have. More Information • Making Change from the Ground Up: 40 Stories for 40 Ye…
00:28:51 |
Wed 13 Mar 2024
Ear to the Ground 332: Real Food, Real Impact
Beverly Dougherty’s Real Food Hub is out to prove that connecting local farmers and local eaters makes sense nutritionally and financially — and is just plain fun. More Information • Read Food Hub • …
00:27:40 |
Mon 11 Mar 2024
Ear to the Ground 331: Reality Check
Direct-marketing expert and farmer Ryan Pesch sees a lot of potential in the community/local food movement, but farmers hoping to enter that realm need to ask some key questions first. More Informati…
00:32:18 |
Wed 06 Mar 2024
Ear to the Ground 330: String Theory
Soil, cows, ecology, economics: to milk producer Derek Schmitz, they are all linked, and that feeds his optimism even as tough times cast a shadow over dairy farming. More Information • LSP’s Grazing…
00:35:58 |
Sun 25 Feb 2024
Ear to the Ground 329: Weather Whiplash
Climate change may impact a vegetable producer and a livestock farmer in different ways, but the result is the same: uncertainty, stress…and a deeper desire to connect with community. More Informatio…
00:46:28 |
Sun 18 Feb 2024
Ear to the Ground No. 328: Urban Ag Oasis
Farm Beginnings grad Queen Frye just wants to raise food — even if she doesn’t resemble a famous Scottish farmer. More Information • Land Stewardship Letter Profile: The Fifth ‘R’ • R. Roots Garden •…
00:43:46 |
Thu 21 Dec 2023
Ear to the Ground No. 327: Side-by-Side Soil
A 30-farm study is comparing the impacts regenerative vs. conventional practices have on soil’s resiliency. Extreme drought has churned up some exciting results. More Information • Sand County Founda…
00:27:24 |
Fri 15 Dec 2023
Ear to the Ground 326: Rooting Out Nitrates
The Olmsted County Groundwater Protection and Soil Health Program could serve as a holistic model for supporting practices that are good for the farmer, the land, and water quality. More Information …
00:24:58 |
Tue 07 Nov 2023
Ear to the Ground 325: Return of the Fence
Matt and Seth Tentis of White Barn Acres are creating a soil-smart farm using a mix of livestock, continuous living cover, and experimentation — with a healthy dose of community support tossed in for…
00:32:09 |
Mon 06 Nov 2023
Ear to the Ground 324: Good Grass Makes Good Neighbors
The landowners Jeremy and Jessica Holst rent from like to see a green landscape — no wonder the dairy farmers’ rotational grazing system is considered a neighborhood asset. More Information • LSP’s S…
00:15:33 |
Sat 04 Nov 2023
Ear to the Ground 323: Rainy Day Fund
With their dairy farm at the epicenter of the worst drought in over a century, the Vergin family adapts through diversification, flexibility, and making deposits in the soil bank. More Information • …
00:22:58 |
Fri 03 Nov 2023
Ear to the Ground 322: Lunchroom Stewardship
Aimee Haag is proving that farm-to-school arrangements can benefit kids, communities, and farmers…one tomato at a time. More Information • MDA Farm-to-School & Early Care Grants • Minnesota Farm-to-S…
00:42:12 |
Wed 01 Nov 2023
Ear to the Ground 321: Buried Knowledge
A town lost to erosion offers a critical lesson as Sandy and Lonny Dietz strive to develop a viable no-till organic vegetable production system. More Information • Whitewater Gardens Farm • Sustainab…
00:33:37 |
Sun 29 Oct 2023
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