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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.

Education Documentary Science Non-Profit Natural Sciences Society & Culture
Update frequency
every 8 days
Average duration
28 minutes
Episodes
381
Years Active
2005 - 2025
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Ear to the Ground 201: Regenerating vs. Sustaining

Ear to the Ground 201: Regenerating vs. Sustaining

A young farmer's evolving view of livestock allows him to make a direct connection between profitability and soil health.

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Mon 20 Nov 2017
Ear to the Ground 200: Bovines, Biodiversity & Bobolinks

Ear to the Ground 200: Bovines, Biodiversity & Bobolinks

Birds and other biological indicators provide evidence that an Iowa farm is a "working ecosystem."

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Sat 18 Nov 2017
Ear to the Ground 199: Channeling Your Enthusiasm

Ear to the Ground 199: Channeling Your Enthusiasm

Farm Beginnings helps the Schwagerls do the kind of enterprise analysis needed to transfer their passions into profits.

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Fri 17 Nov 2017
Ear to the Ground 198: Odd Acres of Opportunity

Ear to the Ground 198: Odd Acres of Opportunity

For one beginning organic dairy farmer, the path to affordable land leads through some trees, up a few hills, and over a brook.

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Fri 10 Nov 2017
Ear to the Ground 197: Prairie After the Plow

Ear to the Ground 197: Prairie After the Plow

A row-cropped field is converted back to prairie, benefiting the environment and livestock.

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Thu 09 Nov 2017
Ear to the Ground 196: Turning Back the Clock

Ear to the Ground 196: Turning Back the Clock

A farmer and a soil health expert talk about how livestock, cover crops and pastures are the "rock stars" of building soil health.

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Wed 27 Sep 2017
Ear to the Ground 195:  Grappling with a Monster

Ear to the Ground 195: Grappling with a Monster

Farmer Tom Frantzen describes how he is using diversity to make his farm more resilient in the face of extreme weather.

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Thu 03 Aug 2017
Ear to the Ground 194: An Urban Garden’s Ripple Effects

Ear to the Ground 194: An Urban Garden’s Ripple Effects

Gardening space in the heart of the city brings people together over food, farming and fellowship.

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Mon 03 Jul 2017
Ear to the Ground 193: 50 Acres of Opportunity

Ear to the Ground 193: 50 Acres of Opportunity

A farmer's wish to not have his land become just one more cornfield provides an opportunity for beginning farmers.

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Fri 02 Jun 2017
Ear to the Ground 192: Healthy Soil, Healthy Profits

Ear to the Ground 192: Healthy Soil, Healthy Profits

A dairy farmer finds more microbes in the soil means more money in the bank.

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Thu 01 Jun 2017
Ear to the Ground 191: Healthy Soil & Climate Change

Ear to the Ground 191: Healthy Soil & Climate Change

LSP's George Boody describes what he learned at an international conference on how agriculture can sequester greenhouse gases

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Fri 26 May 2017
Ear to the Ground 190: Rebuilding Soil’s Self-Reliance

Ear to the Ground 190: Rebuilding Soil’s Self-Reliance

Dr. Kristine Nichols describes how we can build agronomic, economic and environmental resiliency in our agricultural soils.

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Sat 11 Mar 2017
Ear to the Ground 189: A Farm Flourishes When the Soil Flourishes

Ear to the Ground 189: A Farm Flourishes When the Soil Flourishes

Rick Bieber describes how building soil health saved his farm from financial ruin.

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Thu 09 Mar 2017
Ear to the Ground 188: Telling a New Story About Race

Ear to the Ground 188: Telling a New Story About Race

Autumn Brown talks about how we can counter the myths that lead to racial injustice in rural America and elsewhere.

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Sat 25 Feb 2017
Ear to the Ground 187: Soil & Survival

Ear to the Ground 187: Soil & Survival

Allen Williams on soil health, livestock and "compounding, cascading effects."

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Thu 15 Dec 2016
Ear to the Ground 186: New LSP Leadership

Ear to the Ground 186: New LSP Leadership

George Boody and Mark Schultz discuss their personal passions and how LSP brings about positive change as the organization prepares for a leadership transition.

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Tue 08 Nov 2016
Ear to the Ground 185: Beauty Beneath Our Feet

Ear to the Ground 185: Beauty Beneath Our Feet

An artist uses her work to introduce people to the wonders of the soil universe.

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Mon 10 Oct 2016
Ear to the Ground 184: Cross-Border Connections

Ear to the Ground 184: Cross-Border Connections

LSP members see firsthand how rural Mexicans are using their connections to the land to fight the corporate takeover of ag.

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Sun 02 Oct 2016
Ear to the Ground 183: Rains Don’t Lie

Ear to the Ground 183: Rains Don’t Lie

Seeing is believing: a rain simulator shows the value of continuous living cover on farm fields.

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Fri 30 Sep 2016
Ear to the Ground 182: Cover, Cattle, Clean Water

Ear to the Ground 182: Cover, Cattle, Clean Water

How rotational grazing on one farm is improving profits, wildlife habitat and community relations.

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Fri 12 Aug 2016
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