Land Stewardship Project's Ear to the Ground Podcast

Latest Episodes:

Ear to the Ground 209: Soil, Climate & Beer May 02, 2018

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

Ear to the Ground 208: Naked, Hungry, Thirsty, Running a Fever Apr 26, 2018

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

Ear to the Ground 207: Feed the Cow-Feed the Soil Apr 18, 2018

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

Ear to the Ground 206: Going Cold into Cover Cropping Mar 20, 2018

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

Ear to the Ground 205: Relaying Soil Resiliency Mar 19, 2018

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

Ear to the Ground 204: Policy Change from the Ground Up Mar 16, 2018

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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.

Ear to the Ground 203: The Grass Apprentice Mar 15, 2018

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

Ear to the Ground 202: Regenerative Renting Feb 12, 2018

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

Ear to the Ground 201: Regenerating vs. Sustaining Nov 20, 2017

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

Ear to the Ground 200: Bovines, Biodiversity & Bobolinks Nov 18, 2017

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

Land Stewardship Project’s Ear to the Ground Podcast