Ear to the Ground Podcast

Ear to the Ground 203: The Grass Apprentice 15.03.2018 ↓

How the Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship is serving as a natural next step into farming for one Farm Beginnings graduate. Source

Ear to the Ground 202: Regenerative Renting 12.02.2018 23:30 ↓

How landlords and farmers can work together to build and support long-term stewardship. Source

Ear to the Ground 201: Regenerating vs. Sustaining 20.11.2017 ↓

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

Ear to the Ground 200: Bovines, Biodiversity & Bobolinks 18.11.2017 ↓

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

Ear to the Ground 199: Channeling Your Enthusiasm 17.11.2017 ↓

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

Ear to the Ground 198: Odd Acres of Opportunity 10.11.2017 ↓

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

Ear to the Ground 197: Prairie After the Plow 09.11.2017 ↓

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

Ear to the Ground 196: Turning Back the Clock 27.09.2017 ↓

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

Ear to the Ground 195: Grappling with a Monster 03.08.2017 ↓

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

Ear to the Ground 194: An Urban Garden’s Ripple Effects 03.07.2017 ↓

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

Ear to the Ground 193: 50 Acres of Opportunity 02.06.2017 ↓

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

Ear to the Ground 192: Healthy Soil, Healthy Profits 01.06.2017 ↓

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

Ear to the Ground 191: Healthy Soil & Climate Change 26.05.2017 ↓

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

Ear to the Ground 190: Rebuilding Soil’s Self-Reliance 11.03.2017 ↓

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

Ear to the Ground 189: A Farm Flourishes When the Soil Flourishes 09.03.2017 ↓

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

Ear to the Ground 188: Telling a New Story About Race 25.02.2017 ↓

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

Ear to the Ground 187: Soil & Survival 15.12.2016 ↓

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

Ear to the Ground 186: New LSP Leadership 08.11.2016 ↓

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

Ear to the Ground 185: Beauty Beneath Our Feet 10.10.2016 ↓

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

Ear to the Ground 184: Cross-Border Connections 02.10.2016 ↓

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

Ear to the Ground 183: Rains Don’t Lie 30.09.2016 ↓

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

Ear to the Ground 182: Cover, Cattle, Clean Water 12.08.2016 ↓

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

Ear to the Ground 181: Diverse Land, Drunk Grasshoppers 29.07.2016 ↓

How birds, biology and food production blend on one Minnesota dairy farm. Source

Ear to the Ground 180: Forging Strong Ties from Weak Links 15.06.2016 ↓

Using Farm Beginnings and Journeyperson training to make holistic decisions on a community farm. Source

Ear to the Ground 179: Risky Business 14.06.2016 ↓

LSP investigates how innovative farmers manage economic and agronomic risk. Source