In a recent LSP podcast (episode 84), James Barbour provided a nice explanation of why an energy system based on biomass has a lot to offer local economies.
Posts By: Brian DeVore, Land Stewardship Project
Troubled Waters Documents Show Himle’s Bias (& Fascination with Propaganda)
A few LSP staffers spent Friday afternoon in a hot, stuffy room in the U of M’s Morrill Hall going through hundreds of e-mails that were generated by the controversy… Read more »
Agronomic Arrogance
When a U professor took the microphone after last Sunday’s screening of Troubled Waters to accuse two southeast Minnesota dairy farmers of basically poisoning their own well, it was a… Read more »
‘Troubled Waters’ on TPT Oct. 5
Well, if you weren’t one of the 600 people who got tickets to Sunday’s Bell screenings of Troubled Waters: A Mississippi River Story, don’t fret. After yet another week of… Read more »
Profits from Perennials
One bright spot in the dust-up over the showing of the film Troubled Waters is that it highlights an important water quality issue: we need more perennial plant cover on… Read more »
The U’s Shifting Story Line on Troubled Waters
When the University of Minnesota announced late Thursday that the public showing of Troubled Waters was back on as scheduled, officials there were no doubt hoping this week-long PR nightmare… Read more »
Troubled Waters-Troubled U
When the Daily Planet revealed this week that the U of M has pulled the plug on the premiere of an important film about farming and the Mississippi River, it… Read more »
America’s Industrial Drug
I recently called an older Minnesota dairy farmer in an attempt to track down a young guy he had been mentoring the past couple of years. It seemed the phone… Read more »
Making Community Gardens Feel at Home
By Megan Smith How many times have you wandered through a community garden and noticed its beautiful smells, creative architecture, stunning colors and abundant produce? Each garden is a wonderful… Read more »
Humble Pie Summer
For me, this has turned out to be the Summer of the Humble Expert. While conducting interviews for various articles and podcasts the past few months, I’ve run into a… Read more »