Land Stewardship Project's Ear to the Ground Podcast

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Land Stewardship Project's Ear to the Ground podcast features in-the-field interviews related to the Land Stewardship Project's work on regenerative agriculture, local food systems, rural communities, beginning farmers, social/economic justice, and agricultural/environmental policy.

  1. FEB 9

    Ear to the Ground 396: Accountable Ag

    These three crop producers see no reason why productive farming and clean water can’t co-exist. But first, we need to stop the greenwashing and get our hands dirty. (2 of 2 parts; part 1 is here) More Information • Ear to the Ground 395: The Lobe Rangers • LSP Soil Health Web Page • LSP…  Read More → Source

    55 min

  2. FEB 7

    Ear to the Ground 395: The Lobe Rangers

    In the Corn Belt, water quality is not improving at a rate that is leading to meaningful landscape level change, and these poster boys for conservation farming say it’s time for the ag industry, commodity groups, and government to step up and take responsibility. (1 of 2 parts; part 2 is here) More Information •…  Read More → Source

    43 min

  3. JAN 21

    Ear to the Ground 394: Canceling Commodities

    As a farmer and entrepreneur, John Strohfus sees the production of food-grade crops as a key opportunity for regenerative farmers to forge links in a value chain based on building healthy soil. More Information • Jan. 27, 2026, LSP Workshop — “Beyond Exports: Rebuilding Local Markets” • Field Theory Foods • LSP Small Grains Web…  Read More → Source

    39 min

  4. JAN 19

    Ear to the Ground 393: Risk Reducers

    Alan Jostock uses the kind of diversity that builds soil health as a kind of insurance policy for his farm. That means meshing his crop and livestock enterprises in a way that they prop each other up through thick and thin.  More Information • Jan. 27, 2026, LSP Workshop — “Beyond Exports: Rebuilding Local Markets”…  Read More → Source

    39 min

  5. JAN 17

    Ear to the Ground 392: Diversity’s Diet

    Farmer and small grains marketer Matt Kruger sees a rotation based on raising food grade crops as a way for farmers to get rewarded for building soil health. It’s also a way to fight the only thing he truly hates. More Information • Jan. 27, 2026, LSP Workshop — “Beyond Exports: Rebuilding Local Markets” •…  Read More → Source

    44 min

  6. 12/29/2025

    Ear to the Ground 391: Grounded in Grazing

    Ashly Steinke remembers well the first time he saw a bobolink on pastured land that formerly grew corn and soybeans — it was a sign that he was successfully blending beef, birds, and biology. More Information • LSP’s Grazing & Soil Health Web Page • Audubon Conservation Ranching Program • The Monitoring Project’s “Tool Box”…  Read More → Source

    42 min

  7. 12/22/2025

    Ear to the Ground 390: Sounds of Success

    Bovines, bugs, and birds are all making noise in Kevin Mahalko’s dairy grazing paddocks, and that’s music to his ears. More Information • LSP’s Grazing & Soil Health Web Page • NODPA Article on Kevin Mahalko • Ear to the Ground 391: Grounded in Grazing • Ear to the Ground 371: Avian Award • Ear…  Read More → Source

    25 min

  8. 11/16/2025

    Ear to the Ground 389: See Something, Say Something

    Minnesota Assistant Attorney General Elizabeth Odette says in the battle to make sure Big Ag plays by the rules, knowledge is power. That’s why, if we are to have a fair, vibrant farm and food system, average citizens must wield this weapon and report what they’re seeing in the countryside. More Information • Report Possible…  Read More → Source

    39 min
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Land Stewardship Project's Ear to the Ground podcast features in-the-field interviews related to the Land Stewardship Project's work on regenerative agriculture, local food systems, rural communities, beginning farmers, social/economic justice, and agricultural/environmental policy.

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