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Lessons From The Land
Lessons From The Land is a limited audio series highlighting sustainability efforts by farmers throughout the country. Six episodes will be released each year beginning Summer of 2024. Lessons From The Land is produced for the Minnesota Farm Bureau in partnership with the Minnesota Chapter of Natural Resources Conservation Service. A division of the USDA.
Podcasting since 2024 • 7 episodes
Lessons From The Land
Latest Episodes
A partnership for a sustainable journey in farming with Minnesota NRCS Director, Troy Daniell.
At the farm level, a sustainable journey from planting, production, and harvest begins with the right partners. To meet the demands of consumers, state and federal agencies like the Natural Resources Conservation Service help farmers move towar...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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Roots & Resilience: Ag lands and forestry practices for sustainability.
Forest management is tightly connected to agriculture and farming practices. It plays a major role in on-farm sustainability efforts and can be part of farmings sustainability story for consumers. In this episode, we bring on Minnesota State Fo...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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27:02
The farmer protecting one of Minnesota's premiere trout rivers.
The Root River in Southeastern Minnesota is an 80-mile tributary of the Mississippi River and, one of the state's premier trout and recreation rivers. In this episode meet Ron Pagel, a Minnesota farmer who has transformed his dairy and beef far...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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29:02
Let the grass grow and the animals graze: Its impact on sustainable farming.
Animals need to eat, of course. Land grazing is an important part of sustainable farming. Finding the right mix of feeding farm animals and, just letting them eat the grasses on the land can have major implications for long-term soil and plant ...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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30:20
The environmentalist. The educator and the cattle comforter. Meet Peter Bakken
Manure is the unsavory reality on a farm. With animals comes waste. For decades farmers have been turning farm "waste" into renewable or reusable materials to keep their operation sustainable. In this episode, meet Pete Bakken a 5th generation ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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29:15