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Ear to the Ground Podcast

Land Stewardship Project

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.

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Ear to the Ground No. 253: The Power of Local Meat...

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2021/06/09

Livestock producer Eric Klein of Hidden Stream Farm describes why and how his family launched its own meat processing business. It’s been a financial and logistical challenge, but a few years down the road it’s already producing benefits for their farm as well as the local community. If you’re thinking of getting into small-scale meat… Read More → Source

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Ear to the Ground No. 252: Stewardship as Measure

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2021/05/13

Beginning dairy farmer Carrie Redden talks about how she sees successful land stewardship and successful farming as deeply intertwined, and why more non-farmers need to make that connection as well. Carrie Redden was interviewed as part of the We Are Water initiative, which documented the stories of several farmers in the upper reaches of the… Read More → Source

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Ear to the Ground No. 251: An Agrarian Changemaker

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2021/05/06

To Abbey Dickhudt, farming offers a way to not just produce food, but to make the world a better place. And she’s not afraid to say, “I don’t know.” Abbey Dickhudt was interviewed as part of the We Are Water initiative, which documented the stories of several farmers in the upper reaches of the Minnesota… Read More → Source

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Ear to the Ground No. 250: Letting Water Call the Shots

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2021/05/03

When Mark Erickson’s combine got stuck in the muck, he knew he needed to unearth a different relationship with the land. Mark Erickson was interviewed as part of the We Are Water initiative, which documented the stories of several farmers in the upper reaches of the Minnesota River watershed who are using innovative production methods… Read More → Source

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Ear to the Ground No. 249: It’s Not Lost, it Just...

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2021/04/29

Ella Robertson and Eric Wana of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate in northeastern South Dakota talk about reawakening their people’s connections to farming, the land, and water. Ella Robertson and Eric Wana were interviewed as part of the We Are Water initiative, which documented the stories of several farmers in the upper reaches of the Minnesota… Read More → Source

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Ear to the Ground No. 248: Giving a Damn About the...

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2021/03/27

Over the past two decades, LSP’s Farm Beginnings course has developed into a nationally-recognized program for launching the next generation of innovative farmers. Karen Stettler and Amy Bacigalupo talk about how Farm Beginnings got started, the community-centered philosophy it’s based on, and where it’s headed. More on Farm Beginnings • For more on LSP’s Farm Beginnings… Read More → Source

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Ear to the Ground No. 247: A Raw Deal on Farmland

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2021/01/18

Hannah Bernhardt and Jason Misik couldn't afford prime farmland brimming with infrastructure. But sweat equity and soil health are helping them transform a marginal piece of ground far from Corn Country. Source

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Ear to the Ground No. 246: Letting Livestock do the Work

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2020/11/08

Beginning farmer Zach Knutson talks to Alex Romano about how rotational grazing allows him to manage land, time, and finances more efficiently. Source

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Ear to the Ground No. 245: Sustainable vs. Regenerative

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2020/10/25

Should we call it "sustainable" or "regenerative" ag? Dana Jackson makes it clear this is not a new debate and it all centers around soil, communities, and people. Source

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Ear to the Ground No. 244: Cultural Competency &...

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2020/09/30

Researcher Emily Reno started out doing a simple market analysis for a Latino produce cooperative, but ended up gaining new insights into the barriers and opportunities involved when any farmer seeks to sell local food on a wholesale basis. Source

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Ear to the Ground No. 243: Debunking the Land...

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2020/08/31

How the Sustainable Iowa Land Trust is connecting stewardship-minded landowners with the next generation of regenerative farmers. Source

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Ear to the Ground No. 242: A Geography of Hope

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2020/07/28

Conservation pioneer Paul Johnson talks about forging a social compact between farmers and society...and the day he made a farmer cry. Source

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Ear to the Ground No. 241: A Farm Transition Power Team

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2020/06/19

A desire to continue a legacy (and a love of weed-pulling) eases Foxtail Farm into the hands of the next generation. Source

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Ear to the Ground No. 240: The Farmer-Chef Connection

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2020/05/19

What happens when you bring a group of food service folks out to see how vegetables are actually grown? Source

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Ear to the Ground No. 239: From Entomology to Economics

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2020/03/21

Blue Dasher Farm's Jonathan Lundgren talks about bugs, biodiversity and, of course, cow pies. Source

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Ear to the Ground No. 238: Big Box Ag & Musical Chairs

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2020/02/24

An ag economist talks about the negative impacts the "get big or get out" attitude has had on farming and rural communities. Source

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Ear to the Ground No. 237: At the Intersection of...

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2020/02/21

LSP staffer Elizabeth Makarewicz talks to participants in the 2019 Queer Farmer Convergence at Humble Hands Harvest in Iowa about connecting queerness, farming, and community. Source

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Ear to the Ground 236: Nature as Profit Partner

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2020/02/20

How farmers Dawn and Grant Breitkreutz are building soil carbon and bolstering financial resiliency. Source

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Ear to the Ground 235: Lights in the Darkness

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2020/02/17

Farm advocates provide tips on dealing with the ag crisis, and how we can fight for a brighter future. Source

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Ear to the Ground 234: Thinking Like a Prairie

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2020/01/31

How the Tallgrass Prairie Center in Iowa is introducing a little wildness into a domesticated landscape. Source

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