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.
Soil to the shelves: How soil health shows up in the food you eat
What does sustainable farming actually look like on the ground? Host Whitney Pittman-Visser talks with Nicole Schwebach of the Pipestone County Soil and Water Conservation District about cover crops, no-till farming, and watershed-based conservation programs changing agriculture across Minnesota. Nicole works directly with farmers on cost-share programs, soil health assessments, and conservation funding spanning a six-county watershed. In this episode, she shares what it takes to shift a skep...
10 Aug 2026
Roots, Responsibility, and the Land They Call Home. The Ebelings, Trimont Minnesota.
How are farm animals connected to healthy soil? Fourth-generation Minnesota farmer Layne Ebling has an answer rooted in over 90 years of family stewardship. Since 1935, the Ebling family has farmed the same ground in southwest Minnesota, raising 24,000 hogs, growing row crops, and generating renewable energy from 13 wind turbines on the property. In this episode of Lessons From The Land, host Whitney Pittman Visser talks with Ebling about the animal-to-soil connection, why manure and nutrient...
13 Jul 2026
From Soil to Shelf: How One Minnesota Farm Has Fed Families for 120 Years
What does it look like when a century-old farm refuses to choose between tradition and innovation? In this episode, we sit down with Luke Daninger, a fourth-generation dairy farmer, agronomist, and agronomy sales manager at Ag Partners Coop, to explore how Autumnwood Farms in Forest Lake, Minnesota, has sustained both land and legacy since 1902. Luke walks us through the real-world practices behind sustainable dairy farming: soil health management, responsible nutrient recycling, and how clos...
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