Ear to the Ground Podcast

Ear to the Ground 178: A Sick Healthcare System 28.04.2016 ↓

The MN Nurses Association's Rose Roach talks about working with LSP to transform healthcare from a commodity to a human right. Source

Ear to the Ground 177: Covering the Bottom Line 25.03.2016 ↓

A farmer and a researcher talk about making cover crops pay. Source

Ear to the Ground 176: Testing Total Terra 31.01.2016 ↓

LSP experiments with a new test that provides deeper insights into soil's productive potential. Source

Ear to the Ground 175: Spades, Worms & Fungi 04.12.2015 ↓

An Indiana farmer describes his experience with cover cropping and how it fits into a bigger goal of improving his land's soil health (part 3 of 3). Source

Ear to the Ground 174: From the Roots Up 03.12.2015 ↓

A soil scientist compares Indiana's 'bottom up' approach to advancing soil health to Maryland's 'top down' system (part 2 of 3). Source

Ear to the Ground 173: A Million Acres of Cover Crops 02.12.2015 ↓

How Indiana became the king of cover cropping (part 1 of 3). Source

Ear to the Ground 172: Beyond the Backyard 25.11.2015 ↓

With the help of LSP's Farm Beginnings and Journeyperson, Sara Morrison takes her garden beyond the backyard. Source

Ear to the Ground 171: Pasque Providers 26.10.2015 ↓

Using conservation grazing to revitalize a prairie. Source

Ear to the Ground 170: Constructive Criticism 21.09.2015 ↓

How a Farm Beginnings field day makes everyone a "consultant." Source

Ear to the Ground 169: Acre of Opportunity 28.08.2015 ↓

A livestock/crop farmer lends out an "odd corner" on his property as a launching pad for a beginning vegetable operation. Source

Ear to the Ground 168: Blitzing the Biome 22.07.2015 ↓

Rural residents and naturalists "BioBlitz" grassland and learn about its relationship to clean water and vibrant communities. Source

Ear to the Ground 167: Small Goals, Big Plans 19.05.2015 ↓

Farm Beginnings grads achieve a series of "micro-goals" in service of the bigger picture: a successful livestock enterprise. Source

Ear to the Ground 166: From the Lab to the Land 18.05.2015 ↓

A farmer works with a professor and her students at a local college to study the impacts of cropping on soil health. Source

Ear to the Ground 165: A Night of Wendell Berry 03.04.2015 ↓

LSP farmer-members honor Wendell Berry with an evening of readings. Source

Ear to the Ground 164: No GMO 31.03.2015 ↓

Farmers, seed dealers and meat firms come together at an LSP meeting to talk about the non-GMO crop market. Source

Ear to the Ground 163: Trial by Fire 26.02.2015 ↓

Rising from the ashes: Farm Beginnings grads recover from a disaster and launch a dairy farm. Source

Ear to the Ground 162: Ensuring an Insurance Disaster 10.12.2014 ↓

How federal crop insurance is harming family farmers, the land and our communities—and why we all have a stake in reforming it. Source

Ear to the Ground 161 07.11.2014 ↓

How women play a major role in the future of farmland and our rural communities. Source

Ear to the Ground 160 02.10.2014 ↓

Farm Beginnings graduates team up to create an innovative marketing cooperative in the Lake Superior region. Source

Ear to the Ground 159 01.10.2014 ↓

LSP and Hope Community work to bring racial equity to the Minneapolis Park System's urban ag initiative. Source

Ear to the Ground 158 30.09.2014 ↓

An Australian ag financial planning expert talks to LSP about creative ways to transition farms to the next generation. Source

Ear to the Ground 157 25.08.2014 ↓

What should you do when frac sand mining comes knocking? Get informed, get organized and get connected. Source

Ear to the Ground 156 30.07.2014 ↓

An LSP-sponsored 'BioBlitz' in Minnesota's Simon Lake area provides a kick-start for utilizing grazing to revitalize natural habitat. Source

Ear to the Ground 155 10.07.2014 ↓

Farm Beginnings farmer-presenter Chris Duke talks about the importance of relationships in direct-marketing. Source

Ear to the Ground 154 07.07.2014 ↓

NRCS soil health evangelist Ray Archuleta shares his passion for "farming in nature's image." Source