Jim VanDerPol

Crop Insurance: Let the New Generation of Farmers In

January 23, 2015
Brian DeVore
agriculture, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Loon Commons blog
agriculture policy, beginning farmers, Conversations with the Land, crop insurance, Jim VanDerPol, Land Stewaradship Project, Land Stewardship Project, rural economies, USDA

By Jim VanDerPol The Land Stewardship Project recently published a three-part expose of the federal crop insurance program. The white papers are titled: “Crop Insurance-the Corporate Connection,” “Crop Insurance Ensures the Big…
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…