The City of Minneapolis is considering how to make it easier for “urban ag” to exist in some of the most non-rural neighborhoods in the state. In fact, the public… Read more »
Posts By: Brian DeVore, Land Stewardship Project
Sidehill Semantics
For years, I thought the term “sidehill” was a figment of my late father’s ignorance. That’s not to say I didn’t know what he meant—we farmed the rolling hills of… Read more »
You Can’t Keep a Good Idea from Spreading
With two feet of snow on the ground, and more on the way (yippee!), what a great time to begin dreaming of fresh vegetables and warm, friendly farmers. In February,… Read more »
Himle Resigns—Now What?
The announcement today that the U of M official who tried to pull the plug on Troubled Waters has resigned is an important step toward accountability at our land grant… Read more »
Racist Ag is Not Sustainable Ag
A decade ago, farmer-members of LSP’s Federal Farm Policy Committee participated with members of the National Black Farmers Association in a march on the USDA’s headquarters in Washington. That’s because… Read more »
Cud-Chewing Contrarians
Did cattle evolve to eat grass, or is all that talk about rumens, abomasums and cuds just a bunch of baseless, elitist, tree-hugger new-age propaganda? Don’t ask that question at… Read more »
The Anti-GIPSA Gang
As you read this, meat industry lobbyists are roaming the corridors of power in D.C. wearing buttons that say, “Kill GIPSA Rule.” For those of you who aren’t up on… Read more »
Breaking the Barnyard Silence
During the past 14 years or so, graduates of LSP’s Farm Beginnings program have shown there are countless ways of making a successful go of it on the land. That’s… Read more »
100’s of E-Mails: Tricks, Treats, Howlers
LSP staff members have spent the past two weeks sorting through over 2,000 University of Minnesota documents related to the Troubled Waters controversy. Now it’s your turn to do some… Read more »
Industrial Ag Pressure at the U—An Inside Job
Throughout the Troubled Waters brouhaha, U of M officials have maintained that there was “no outside pressure” to censor the film. E-mails and other documents obtained through an LSP Data… Read more »