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

Posted February 17th, 2015 by Brian DeVore, Land Stewardship Project & filed under agriculture, Clean Water, Environmental Review - Defense, EQB and Environmental Review, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Groundwater management, Loon Commons blog, Water.

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… Read more »

Gov. Dayton: This is Farmland, Not Fracland

Posted December 9th, 2013 by Brian DeVore, Land Stewardship Project & filed under agriculture, Clean Energy, Energy, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Groundwater management, Land Conservation, Loon Commons blog.

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… Read more »

When a Farmland Spring Gives Up its Secrets

Posted July 2nd, 2010 by Brian DeVore, Land Stewardship Project & filed under Food and Sustainable Agriculture.

I find springs—those places where groundwater exposes itself to the sunlight of its own accord—fascinating. There’s something special about seeing firsthand an entity that’s recently been lurking underground in dark… Read more »

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