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 141
A beginning farmer incubator near Duluth is helping revitalize food and farming in the Lake Superior region.
Ear to the Ground 140
New farmers talk about how Farm Beginnings helps them balance demand for their products with keeping their businesses, and lives, sustainable.
Ear to the Ground 139
NRCS staffers from Minnesota's top Conservation Stewardship Program county talk about how farmers implement CSP on working land.
Ear to the Ground 138
A brother-sister team uses Farm Beginnings and Journeyperson to help transition from being landowners to active farmers.
Ear to the Ground 137
Two Minnesota farmers experiment with multi-species cover cropping to improve soil health.
Ear to the Ground 136
How can we get more farms to integrate prairie into row-cropped fields?
Ear to the Ground 134
Farm Beginnings applies the brakes to a young couple's farming plans—in a good way.
Ear to the Ground 133
How 'Tribally Supported Agriculture' could help a Native American community attain food sovereignty.
Ear to the Ground 132
An innovative grass-based system makes a farm friendly to livestock, wildlife and the bottom line.
Ear to the Ground 131
LSP helps launch the Minnesota Farmworker Justice Campaign to put the spotlight on ag labor violations on industrial farms.
Ear to the Ground 129
LSP Farm Beginnings participants talk about "unfair advantages" as they launch an enterprise focusing on mushrooms and CSA vegetables.
Ear to the Ground 128
A government conservationist talks about treating soil as a complete ecosystem.
Ear to the Ground No. 127
Farmer Tony Schultz talks about how Community Supported Agriculture can revitalize our food system and rural communities.
Ear to the Ground No. 126
A beginning farmer talks about how it can be difficult to get access to land—even in the middle of farm country.
Ear to the Ground No. 125
BFRDP: A discussion about a precedent-setting federal program for beginning farmers and ranchers.
Ear to the Ground No. 124
Ear to the Ground 123
An LSP workshop focuses on how rural townships in Minnesota can use interim ordinances and comprehensive planning to protect the community from unwanted developments.
Ear to the Ground 122
A key relationship developed through LSP's Farmer Network helps a beginning farmer launch his operation with the help of mentors.