Ear to the Ground Podcast

Ear to the Ground 211: Bold Solutions for Rural MN 04.06.2018 ↓

LSP members talk to candidates for Minnesota governor about what should be prioritized when it comes to farmers, the land and rural communities. Source

Ear to the Ground 210: Ignoring a Financial Problem Never Works 19.05.2018 ↓

An LSP panel of professionals provides farmers advice on dealing with financial stress. Source

Ear to the Ground 209: Soil, Climate & Beer 02.05.2018 ↓

How outdoor clothing company Askov Finlayson is connecting soil smart farming with its desire to turn back the carbon clock. Source

Ear to the Ground 208: Naked, Hungry, Thirsty, Running a Fever 26.04.2018 ↓

Ray Archuleta makes a passionate pitch for treating soil like a living, breathing part of the ecosystem. Source

Ear to the Ground 207: Feed the Cow-Feed the Soil 18.04.2018 ↓

How a visiting student's critique set a farm on a path toward profitably integrating crops, pasture and livestock. Source

Ear to the Ground 206: Going Cold into Cover Cropping 20.03.2018 ↓

A southeastern Minnesota farmer's drive to plant cover crops takes him out onto the snow and into new soil health territory. Source

Ear to the Ground 205: Relaying Soil Resiliency 19.03.2018 ↓

Iowa farmer Loran Steinlage describes the benefits of converting a monocropped desert to a "jungle mix" of continuous living cover. Source

Ear to the Ground 204: Policy Change from the Ground Up 16.03.2018 ↓

Mark Schultz talks about how LSP's members hatched one of the most innovative farm conservation programs around...and why we need to fight for it. Source

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