Ear to the Ground Podcast

Ear to the Ground Podcast

Land Stewardship Project

Episodes 401
Avg. Duration 29m
Activity Highly Active
Since Dec 2005
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Schedule
Every 2 Weeks
Format
Episodic
Consistency
51%
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landstewardshipproject.org

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About This Podcast

Here you will find LSP's 15-year collection of podcasts featuring farmers, scientists, and others telling stories from the land. You can find LSP Ear to the Ground podcast episodes on Spotify, Stitcher, iTunes, and other podcast platforms.

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Ear to the Ground 401: The Belly of Belief

Jun 06, 2026 33m

Livestock producer Frances Kelliher admits to being a bit cynical and burnt-out on her first day in LSP’s Farm Beginnings course. But the program helped revitalize her belief that regenerative…

Ear to the Ground 400: Small Farms, Big Markets

May 19, 2026 45m

Josh Bryceson sees The Good Acre food hub as a way to not only build markets for local vegetable producers, but to germinate the next generation of farmers (2 of 2 parts). More Information • The Good…

Ear to the Ground 399: Asking Why

May 17, 2026 26m

A decade ago, veggie and livestock farmers Josh Bryceson and Rama Hoffpauir realized sweat equity would only take them so far in their ag journey, so they looked up from the grindstone long enough to…

Ear to the Ground 398: Land Grant Guarantee

Apr 19, 2026 47m

Over the past three decades, the rotating Endowed Chair in Agricultural Systems has provided farmers and others a chance to build a more sustainable farm and food system in Minnesota. Farmer and…

Ear to the Ground 397: Black Energy

Mar 19, 2026 41m

In 1986, Joe Paddock co-authored a book called Soil and Survival. Its message: the relationship between farming and the land is in serious need of repair. Four decades later, that message is more…

Ear to the Ground 396: Accountable Ag

Feb 09, 2026 54m

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)…

Ear to the Ground 395: The Lobe Rangers

Feb 07, 2026 42m

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,…

Ear to the Ground 394: Canceling Commodities

Jan 21, 2026 39m

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…

Ear to the Ground 393: Risk Reducers

Jan 19, 2026 39m

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…

Ear to the Ground 392: Diversity’s Diet

Jan 17, 2026 43m

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…

Ear to the Ground 391: Grounded in Grazing

Dec 29, 2025 42m

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…

Ear to the Ground 390: Sounds of Success

Dec 22, 2025 25m

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…

Ear to the Ground 389: See Something, Say Something

Nov 16, 2025 38m

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…

Ear to the Ground 388: On-time Delivery

Nov 10, 2025 36m

Scientist Kris Nichols finds the disconnect between food production and soil health “terrifying” and says the stakes are too high not to mend that break. So what are we waiting for? (2 of 2 parts)…

Ear to the Ground 387: Dumping the Dirt Dogma

Nov 08, 2025 39m

When farmers challenged what Kris Nichols had learned from her college textbooks, the soil microbiologist didn’t dismiss them — instead, she dug deeper into the world beneath our feet. (1 of 2 parts)…

Ear to the Ground 386: A Farm to School Taste Test

Oct 07, 2025 27m

How a small, rural school district is taking a trial run at sourcing food from local farmers. More Information • MDA Farm to School & Early Care Programs & Grants • Report: Building the Farm…

Ear to the Ground 385: A Longer Local Lunch Season

Oct 06, 2025 40m

Jeanine Bowman believes having locally produced food on her school’s menu shouldn’t be a special occasion — it should be a daily part of nourishing kids while supporting the farm economy. More…

Ear to the Ground 384: Power Play

Oct 02, 2025 30m

Ag antitrust expert Austin Frerick sees the current food system as a mechanism for modern robber barons to treat rural communities as mere “extraction colonies.” But, he argues, changing how we eat…

Ear to the Ground 383: Corporate Vs. Community

Oct 01, 2025 31m

Sonja Trom Eayrs started out writing about her own family’s fight against factory farms. She ended up telling a larger story of corporate capture of rural communities (1 of 2 parts). More Information…

Ear to the Ground 382: No Offseason

Sep 29, 2025 38m

LSP’s Local Democracy Challenge is a reminder that we can’t allow democracy to grow dormant between elections. More Information • LSP’s Local Democracy Challenge Web Page • Land Stewardship Action •…

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How many episodes does Ear to the Ground Podcast have?

Ear to the Ground Podcast has published 401 episodes since December 2005, covering topics in Documentary, Government.

Is Ear to the Ground Podcast still active?

Ear to the Ground Podcast is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 29m.

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