As we reported last September, Lowell Franzen, the feedlot officer in southern Minnesota’s Mower County, obtained a feedlot permit in his name for a 4,800-sow hog confinement facility. He then… Read more »
Posts By: Brian DeVore, Land Stewardship Project
Dethroning King Corn
I spent last Friday evening watching the documentary King Corn in a packed conference room at the St. Cloud Civic Center. King Corn is an engaging film that efficiently and… Read more »
Racking up the Food Miles
By Cael Warren The concept of “food miles” has spurred heated debate across the developed world, causing people to question the origins of the food that ends up on their… Read more »
Christmas on Corn Creek
The day after Christmas my wife Kathleen and I took a frigid walk along 7-Mile Creek in southwest Iowa and got a firsthand look at a conservation sin that not… Read more »
‘Naturally’ the USDA Should Listen
In November, the USDA released its proposal for label claims related to “naturally raised” livestock and meat. Perhaps no word in the English language has been more used and abused… Read more »
A Farm Bill Report Card
On Friday, the U.S. Senate finished floor consideration of the Food and Energy Security Act of 2007, more commonly known as the 2007 Farm Bill. The Land Stewardship Project sees… Read more »
Brain Food
How are we going to create a new environmentally-aware generation? The answer is complex and multi-faceted. But one extremely effective avenue is to stop assuming our kids will only eat… Read more »
A Golden Chicken Nugget
The Burt family is putting its poultry processing operation up for sale, and we should care if a buyer is found. Burt’s Hilltop Poultry is a USDA certified organic on-farm… Read more »
Nitrogen Burn-Out
It’s time to put one more crop farming myth out to pasture: it turns out applying lots of nitrogen fertilizer in fact does not reduce global warming. For decades, Midwestern… Read more »
Re-emergence of Pre-emergents
The 2007 corn and soybean harvest is winding down, which can mean only one thing: the pesticide TV commercial season is upon us. Winter time is when farmers make decisions… Read more »