Welcome to the Land Stewardship Project Action Alerts page. The Land Stewardship Project periodically sends out Action Alerts that describe how citizens can make their voices heard on critical issues related to family farming, the environment and our rural communities.

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* ACTION ALERT *

2009

• January 7, 2009: Preserve Funding for Beginning Farmer, Conservation & Organics

2008

• September 17, 2008: Help Close Loopholes in Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL)
• July 16, 2008: Help Make Sure Livestock Investment Grants Program is Fair
• May 9, 2008: Tell Congress to Pass the 2008 Farm Bill
• March 25, 2008: Tell Gov. Pawlenty to Fund RIM-Clean Energy
• March 13, 2008: Farm Bill Action Alert: Call Today—Conservation Security Program in Jeopardy
• March 7, 2008: Call the MN Capitol Today to Protect Local Control
• February 7, 2008: ‘Naturally Raised’ Label Comment Period Extended to March 3

2007

• December 19, 2007: Contact USDA Officials by Jan. 28 & Tell Them We Need a Meaningful ‘Naturally Raised’ Label
• December 11, 2007: Senate Acting on Farm Bill this Week
• October 19, 2007: Beginning Farmer & Rancher Sign-on Letter for Senate Ag Committee
• September 5, 2007: Stop Factory Farm Handouts in the Farm Bill—Support Stewardship on the Land
• September 1, 2007: Flooded Out Farmers in SE Minn. & SW Wis. Need Your Help
• August 31, 2007: 2007 Farm Bill: Call Senate Ag Committee Members Klobuchar & Coleman to Restore Open Competition, Fair Markets & Healthy Rural Communities
• May 11, 2007: Support Beginning Farmers in the 2007 Farm Bill
• May 1, 2007: Tell the MN Legislature to Fully Fund Organic, Sustainable Ag at U of M
• April 24, 2007: Fight Corporate Concentration in the Livestock Industry
• April 12, 2007: Make Minnesota a National Leader in Sustainable & Organic Ag
• March 21, 2007: Sustainable & Organic Ag Legislative Package is Funded in the Minnesota Senate; Call Today to Make Sure it is Funded in the House
• February 28, 2007: Action Needed to Make Minnesota a National Leader in Sustainable & Organic Agriculture

2006

• December 15, 2006: Invite Your Legislators to LSP's Family Farm Breakfast Feb. 6
• November 24, 2006: Make Your Voice Heard on U.S. Farm & Food Policy Dec. 12
• October 12, 2006: Protect Minnesota Organic & Sustainable Ag Programs
• August 29, 2006: Help Protect Organic Soil From Big Oil
• July 21, 2006: July 21, 2006: Tell USDA by Aug. 10 That You Want a Strong Grass-fed Label
• May 15, 2006: Urgent Action Needed to Create Incentives for Sustainable Livestock Production & Beginning Farmers in the MN Tax Bill
• May 4, 2006: Tell Your Legislators Today to Pass Proposals that Promote Beginning Farmers & Sustainable Livestock Production
• April 11, 2006: LSP Family Farm Breakfast & Day at the Capitol Wednesday, April 19
• March 24, 2006: Contact Your Legislators Today & Tell Them to Stand Up for Strong Local Democracy
• February 27, 2006: Stand up for Local Democracy & Family Farms this Legislative Session

• November 1, 2005: Save Conservation Funding—Call Sen. Norm Coleman by Nov. 3
• October 3, 2005: Save Nutrition & Conservation Funding in October
• September 2, 2005: Save Nutrition & Conservation Funding by Sept. 16
• August 2, 2005: Support Family Farms & the Environment. Stop Taxpayer Handouts to Mega-Farms
• May 23, 2005: Action Needed to Stop Last Minute Attack on Local Control
• May 12, 2005: Help Keep Community Rights Strong as Session Winds Down
• March 7, 2005: Deliver 1-2 Punch for Family Farms & Conservation March 7-9
• February 16, 2005: Citizens’ Day at the MN Capitol Feb. 23
• February 3, 2005: Urgent Action Needed to Stop U.S. EPA From Giving Factory Farms a Free Pass to Pollute
• January 4, 2005: Support Family Farms, Clean Water & Local Democracy Jan. 10 at the Minn. Capitol
  

• December 22, 2004: Tell Gov. Pawlenty That Local Control Works for Minnesota
• October 5, 2004: Citizen Action Needed to Improve the Conservation Security Program (CSP)
• May 4, 2004: Tell Lawmakers to Support Sustainable Farming Systems
• April 19, 2004 The Right of Local Governments to Limit Livestock Operation Size is Threatened
• April 5, 2004: Please Make Calls on the 'Alien Ownership' Bill Immediate Action is needed on Senate File 717
• March 19, 2004: Bills Would Pave the Way for More Factory Farms
• March 10, 2004: Foreign Investor Bill Resurfaces
• February 24, 2004: Hearing on Weakening Factory Farm Restrictions Feb. 25
• February 18, 2004: Send in Your CSP Comments by March 2
• February 12, 2004: Attend Citizens' Day at the Minn. Capitol on Feb. 25
• January 29, 2004: Contact Bush Administration about CSP by Jan. 30
• January 28, 2004: Demand a Revised CSP Rule and Full-scale Program
• January 24, 2004: CSP Listening Sessions in Minnesota
• January 23, 2004: Congress Restores Full CSP Funding; Farmers Call For Revisions
• January 5, 2004: Comment on CSP Rules by March 2
• Join the Minnesota Environmental Action Network. The Minnesota Environmental Action Network is a free grassroots conservation network that will alert you, by email about important Minnesota environmental issues and connect you to key government offices.

• December 19, 2003: Comment on CSP Rules by Mid-February
• December 2, 2003: Tell USDA to Implement CSP Now
• November 13, 2003: Call Congress by Nov. 19 and Tell Them to Fund CSP
• November 12, 2003: E-mail the White House - Stop Delaying the Conservation Security Program!
• September 2, 2003: Taking on Corporate Meatpackers Meeting in St. Paul Sept. 9
• July 28, 2003: Call Your Senators to Support Grassley EQIP Payment Limitation
• July 4, 2003: Conservation Security Program (CSP) in Peril. U. S. House Votes to cut all CSP funding - Action needed by Senate
• March 31, 2003: Help Dump the "Livestock Friendly" County Designation (PDF document)
• February 28, 2003: Public Comment Deadline on Conservation Security Program is
  April 3
• January 13, 2003: Tell Your Senator to Cut Factory Farm EQIP Subsidy

2002

• July 8, 2002: Senate Ag Committee schedules Hearing July 16, 2002 on Packer Ban
• June 28, 2002: U.S. House attempting to eliminate a national Conservation Security Program. Your call is needed today!

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