Ear to the Ground Podcast

Ear to the Ground 153 16.04.2014 ↓

How the Forever Green Initiative could make Minnesota farming more efficient. Source

Ear to the Ground 152 10.04.2014 ↓

People share their connections to the land and community at a special LSP storytelling event. Source

Ear to the Ground 151 01.04.2014 ↓

Using conservation grazing to keep wildlife refuges, prairies and other natural areas healthy. Source

Ear to the Ground 150 31.03.2014 ↓

A community food co-op in a farm town rises from the rubble and begins its next chapter. Source

Ear to the Ground 149 30.03.2014 ↓

Farm Beginnings grads talk about being in the "experimental/making mistakes" stage of their enterprise. Source

Ear to the Ground 148 16.02.2014 ↓

LSP Citizens' Frac Sand Summit (part 7): LSP's Bobby King talks about the role of local government and state regulations in controlling frac sand mining. Source

Ear to the Ground 147 14.02.2014 ↓

LSP Citizens' Frac Sand Summit (part 6): Earth Works' Jennifer Krill describes the negative impacts of extreme energy extraction. Source

Ear to the Ground 146 13.02.2014 ↓

LSP Citizens' Frac Sand Summit (part 5): The MPCA's John Linc Stine talks about the role his agency plays in regulating the frac sand industry. Source

Ear to the Ground 145 12.02.2014 ↓

LSP Citizens' Frac Sand Summit (part 4): Scientist Crispin Pierce describes cutting-edge research on silica sand dust in Wisconsin. Source

Ear to the Ground 144 11.02.2014 ↓

LSP Citizens' Frac Sand Summit (part 3): Scientist Michael McCawley on the health risks posed by surface mining's production of ultrafine particles. Source

Ear to the Ground 143 05.02.2014 ↓

LSP Citizens' Frac Sand Summit (part 2): Farmer Bob Christie talks about how frac sand mining threatens the farming community. Source

Ear to the Ground 142 31.01.2014 ↓

LSP Citizens' Frac Sand Summit (part 1): Tex Hawkins talks about why frac sand mining poses such a risk to the driftless region. Source

Ear to the Ground 141 13.12.2013 ↓

A beginning farmer incubator near Duluth is helping revitalize food and farming in the Lake Superior region. Source

Ear to the Ground 140 05.11.2013 ↓

New farmers talk about how Farm Beginnings helps them balance demand for their products with keeping their businesses, and lives, sustainable. Source

Ear to the Ground 139 03.11.2013 ↓

NRCS staffers from Minnesota's top Conservation Stewardship Program county talk about how farmers implement CSP on working land. Source

Ear to the Ground 138 30.10.2013 ↓

A brother-sister team uses Farm Beginnings and Journeyperson to help transition from being landowners to active farmers. Source

Ear to the Ground 137 25.09.2013 ↓

Two Minnesota farmers experiment with multi-species cover cropping to improve soil health. Source

Ear to the Ground 136 20.08.2013 ↓

How can we get more farms to integrate prairie into row-cropped fields? Source

Ear to the Ground 135 28.07.2013 ↓

How farmers are improving trout streams with grazing. Source

Ear to the Ground 134 01.07.2013 ↓

Farm Beginnings applies the brakes to a young couple's farming plans—in a good way. Source

Ear to the Ground 133 27.06.2013 ↓

How 'Tribally Supported Agriculture' could help a Native American community attain food sovereignty. Source

Ear to the Ground 132 31.05.2013 ↓

An innovative grass-based system makes a farm friendly to livestock, wildlife and the bottom line. Source

Ear to the Ground 131 28.04.2013 ↓

LSP helps launch the Minnesota Farmworker Justice Campaign to put the spotlight on ag labor violations on industrial farms. Source

Ear to the Ground 130 31.03.2013 ↓

An LSP member-farm helps spawn a CSA movement in China. Source

Ear to the Ground 129 28.03.2013 ↓

LSP Farm Beginnings participants talk about "unfair advantages" as they launch an enterprise focusing on mushrooms and CSA vegetables. Source