Groundwater management

Why an EIS for Riverview Baker Dairy? Too Little Water, Too Much Manure

February 17, 2015
Brian DeVore
agriculture, Clean Water, Environmental Review - Defense, EQB and Environmental Review, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Groundwater management, Loon Commons blog, Water
EAW, EIS, Environmental Impact Statement, environmental review, groundwater, Land Stewardship Project, manure, Minnesota Dairy Growth Summit, Minnesota dairy industry, MPCA Citizens' Board, nitrogen pollution, phosphorus pollution, Riverview LLP Baker Dairy

When Renville County dairy farmer James Kanne addressed a Minnesota Senate hearing on environmental review Jan. 29, he made it clear that size does matter when it comes to assessing the impact…
Gov. Dayton: This is Farmland, Not Fracland

December 9, 2013
Brian DeVore
agriculture, Clean Energy, Energy, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Groundwater management, Land Conservation, Loon Commons blog
Bob Christie, energy companies, frac sand mining, frac sand mining ban, fracking, Gov. Mark Dayton, groundwater, hydraulic fracturing, Land Stewardship Project

By Bob Christie NOTE: Land Stewardship Project members and staff met with Governor Mark Dayton about frac sand mining issues on Dec. 4 in Winona, Minn. The meeting began with Bob Christie…
Our Nitrogen Pollution Solution? Livestock, Land & People

November 13, 2013
Brian DeVore
agriculture, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Groundwater management, Loon Commons blog, Water fees
agricultural runoff, diversity, grazing, Jim VanDerPol, Land Stewardship Project, livestock, MPCA, nitrates, nitrogen fertilizer, Nitrogen in Minnesota Surface Waters, nitrogen pollution, pasture, Pastures A Plenty, perennials, soil health, sustainable agriculture

By Jim VanDerPol In October, I told the Minnesota House Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance Committee that we had begun to listen to our farm, an assertion lawmakers heard with some…
Nitrogen Pollution’s Farm Policy Roots

June 28, 2013
Brian DeVore
agriculture, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Groundwater management, Loon Commons blog, Water
corn, crop insurance, dead zone, diverse agriculture, Farm Bill, federal farm policy, Land Stewardship Project, monocrops, MPCA, nitrates, nitrogen fertilizer, perennials, row crops, tile drainage, water pollution, watersheds

By Adam Warthesen, Land Stewardship Project Talk about ignoring the elephant in the room. When Minnesota environmental officials announced the results of a new major nitrogen pollution study on Thursday, they were…