LSP"s Ear to the Ground

53:44

Ear to the Ground 409: Mass Market Madness

LSP"s Ear to the Ground ·

2026/10/01

Connecting directly with eaters is a priority for pastured-based livestock farmers Ellen and Jim Gardner. So how do they balance growing their market with keeping face-to-face relationships intact?More Information:• Gardner Family Farm • LSP’s Community-Based Food Systems Page • LSP’s Soil Health Page • LSP’s Farm Beginnings Page

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43:26

Ear to the Ground 408: Civic Spark

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2026/09/24

When a federal immigration crackdown came to rural Minnesota, farmer Bridget Lux knew she had to do something. When she walked into a community meeting, she realized she wasn’t the only one looking to take action.More Information:• Contact Information for LSP Organizer Nick Olson • Immigrant Defense Network • LSP’s Justice & Stewardship Web Page • LSP’s Long Range Plan

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36:11

Ear to the Ground 407: Dairy Dilemma

LSP"s Ear to the Ground ·

2026/09/21

Jordan and Rachelle Meyer had burning questions about how to pursue a new milk production path without upsetting their “three-legged stool.” So they invited members of an LSP Soil Health Hub onto their farm to debate the options. More Information:• Wholesome Family Farms • Meyer Podcast — Ear to the Ground 255: Embracing the Weed • Meyer Podcast — Ear to the Ground 291: Shovel Doesn’t Lie • Meyer Podcast — Ear to the Ground 314: Going for the Goat • Meyer Podcast — Ear to the Ground 342: Ignoring

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39:19

Ear to the Ground 406: Pasture Peers

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2026/09/07

“How do I make this pasture pay?” beginning farmer Heidi Eger asked a group of fellow graziers during an LSP Soil Health Hub gathering. They answered by measuring out an ideal paddock and putting pen to paper.More Information:• Radicle Heart Farm • Ear to the Ground 265: Diving into Safer Waters • Ear to the Ground 405: High Voltage • Ear to the Ground 404: Closing the Loop • Farm Beginnings • LSP’s Soil Builders’ Network • Blog: Soil Health Hub Gathering Illustrates the Power of Dreams Anchored in

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41:57

Ear to the Ground 405: High Voltage

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2026/09/02

Chad and Melissa Crowley are using managed rotational grazing, soil health, and solar arrays to create a good energy flow on the dairy farm they’re transitioning into. They are also utilizing LSP’s Soil Health Hub to field a few burning questions and recharge their batteries.More Information:• LSP’s Soil Builders’ Network • Blog: Soil Health Hub Gathering Illustrates the Power of Dreams Anchored in Reality • Ear to the Ground 404: Closing the Loop • Ear to the Ground 50: Why the Pond on this Dairy

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40:07

Ear to the Ground 404: Closing the Loop

LSP"s Ear to the Ground ·

2026/07/15

Paul and Delores Moechnig are working to prove to the next generation that the road to farming’s future doesn’t have to pass through corn and soybean fields. It turns out the bluebirds and swallows appreciate the offramp they’ve taken into rotational grazing as well.More Information:• LSP’s Soil Builders’ Network• Blog: Soil Health Hub Gathering Illustrates the Power of Dreams Anchored in Reality• Ear to the Ground 391: Grounded in Grazing• Ear to the Ground 390: Sounds of Success• Ear to the Ground

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26:52

Ear to the Ground 403: Values on the Table

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2026/06/20

Emily and Ryan Kjesbo-Johnson vowed their lifelong commitment to community would not stop when they moved out of their urban neighborhood and onto a farm. Farm Beginnings is helping them keep that promise.More Information:• LSP’s Farm Beginnings Course (2026-2027 Early Bird Discount Deadline Aug. 1, 2026; Final Deadline Sept. 1, 2026) • Crowded Table Farm • LSP’s “Fresh Voices” Beginning Farmer Podcast Series

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21:52

Ear to the Ground 402: Enemy of Good

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2026/06/15

Jane Marynik’s pursuit of perfection ran into a brick wall called vegetable farming. LSP’s Farm Beginnings has helped her strike a more sustainable balance between work and life.More Information:• LSP’s Farm Beginnings Course (2026-2027 Early Bird Discount Deadline Aug. 1, 2026; Final Deadline Sept. 1, 2026)• Four Beans Farm• Food Farm• LSP’s “Fresh Voices” Beginning Farmer Podcast Series

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33:23

Ear to the Ground 401: The Belly of Belief

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2026/06/06

Livestock producer Frances Kelliher admits to being a bit cynical and burnt-out on her first day in LSP’s Farm Beginnings course. But the program helped revitalize her belief that regenerative grazing can renew one’s relationship with the land and community. More Information:• LSP’s Farm Beginnings Course (2026-2027 Early Bird Discount Deadline Aug. 1, 2026; Final Deadline Sept. 1, 2026) • Riverbed Lamb

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45:46

Ear to the Ground 400: Small Farms, Big Markets

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2026/05/19

Josh Bryceson sees The Good Acre food hub as a way to not only build markets for local vegetable producers, but to germinate the next generation of farmers (2 of 2 parts).More Information:• The Good Acre Food Hub• LSP’s Community-Based Food Systems Program• Ear to the Ground 399: Asking Why

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26:03

Ear to the Ground 399: Asking Why

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2026/05/18

A decade ago, veggie and livestock farmers Josh Bryceson and Rama Hoffpauir realized sweat equity would only take them so far in their ag journey, so they looked up from the grindstone long enough to take in the big picture (1 of 2 parts).More Information:• Turnip Rock Farm & Cosmic Wheel Creamery• LSP’s Farm Beginnings Course• Farmland Access Holistic Financial Decision-Making Tool

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47:19

Ear to the Ground 398: Land Grant Guarantee

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2026/04/19

Over the past three decades, the rotating Endowed Chair in Agricultural Systems has provided farmers and others a chance to build a more sustainable farm and food system in Minnesota. Farmer and community leader Marvin Johnson says now is not the time to close that public door into the University.More Information:• Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture • Endowed Chair in Agricultural Systems • Opinion: Funding Cuts Hit Sustainable Agriculture Partnership with U of M • Blog: Don Wyse’s Land

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41:42

Ear to the Ground 397: Black Energy

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2026/03/19

In 1986, Joe Paddock co-authored a book called Soil and Survival. Its message: the relationship between farming and the land is in serious need of repair. Four decades later, that message is more relevant than ever.More Information:• Soil and Survival • Planting in the Dust Script • Joe Paddock • Joe Paddock’s Books • Nancy Paddock • Carol Bly • Making Change from the Ground Up: 40 Stories for 40 Years of Land Stewardship Project

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54:33

Ear to the Ground 396: Accountable Ag

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2026/02/09

These three crop producers see no reason why productive farming and clean water can’t co-exist. But first, we need to stop the greenwashing and get our hands dirty. (2 of 2 parts; part 1 is here)More Information:• Ear to the Ground 395: The Lobe Rangers • LSP Soil Health Web Page • LSP Myth Buster No. 68: “When Nitrogen is Gone, it Can be Forgotten” • SARE Fact Sheet: “Cover Crops at Work: Keeping Nutrients Out of Waterways” • Article: “A report tied Iowa’s water pollution to agriculture. Then the

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42:48

Ear to the Ground 395: The Lobe Rangers

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2026/02/07

Water quality in the Corn Belt is worse than ever, and these poster boys for conservation farming say it’s time for the ag industry, commodity groups, and government to step up and take responsibility. (1 of 2 parts)More Information:• LSP Soil Health Web Page• LSP Myth Buster No. 68: “When Nitrogen is Gone, it Can be Forgotten”• SARE Fact Sheet: “Cover Crops at Work: Keeping Nutrients Out of Waterways”• LSP Blog: The Crop Insurance Conundrum• Researcher’s Analysis of Nov. 2025 Iowa Farm Bureau

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39:24

Ear to the Ground 394: Canceling Commodities

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2026/01/21

As a farmer and entrepreneur, John Strohfus sees the production of food-grade crops as a key opportunity for regenerative farmers to forge links in a value chain based on building healthy soil.More Information:• Jan. 27, 2026, LSP Workshop — “Beyond Exports: Rebuilding Local Markets”• Field Theory Foods• LSP Small Grains Web Page• Ear to the Ground podcast 393: Risk Reducers• Ear to the Ground podcast 392: Diversity’s Diet

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39:25

Ear to the Ground 393: Risk Reducers

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2026/01/19

Alan Jostock uses the kind of diversity that builds soil health as a kind of insurance policy for his farm. That means meshing his crop and livestock enterprises in a way that they prop each other up through thick and thin. More Information:• Jan. 27, 2026, LSP Workshop — “Beyond Exports: Rebuilding Local Markets” • LSP Small Grains Web Page • Ear to the Ground podcast 392: Diversity’s Diet • Rolling J Farm’s Facebook Page • Minnesota Farm Business Management Programs

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43:35

Ear to the Ground 392: Diversity’s Diet

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2026/01/17

Farmer and small grains marketer Matt Kruger sees a rotation based on raising food grade crops as a way for farmers to get rewarded for building soil health. It’s also a way to fight the only thing he truly hates.More Information:• Jan. 27, 2026, LSP Workshop — “Beyond Exports: Rebuilding Local Markets” • LSP Small Grains Web Page • Green Acres Milling • Ear to the Ground podcast 363: Small Grain-Big Opportunity

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42:21

Ear to the Ground 391: Grounded in Grazing

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2025/12/29

Ashly Steinke remembers well the first time he saw a bobolink on pastured land that formerly grew corn and soybeans — it was a sign that he was successfully blending beef, birds, and biology.More Information:• LSP’s Grazing & Soil Health Web Page • Audubon Conservation Ranching Program • The Monitoring Project’s “Tool Box” • Ear to the Ground 390: Sounds of Success • Ear to the Ground 371: Avian Award • Ear to the Ground 370: Bending the Bird Curve • Ear to the Ground 275: Blurring the Bobolink

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25:14

Ear to the Ground 390: Sounds of Success

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2025/12/22

More Information:• LSP’s Grazing & Soil Health Web Page • NODPA Article on Kevin Mahalko • Ear to the Ground 371: Avian Award • Ear to the Ground 370: Bending the Bird Curve • Ear to the Ground 275: Blurring the Bobolink Boundaries

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