Close to the Ground was a quarterly publication of the Land Stewardship Project and the Biological, Social, and Financial Monitoring Project. The publication is currently out of print. The Monitoring Project was organized and administered by LSP in association with the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture and six farm families who are members of the Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota. The University of Minnesota, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the North Central Research Center, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture also had major roles in the Monitoring Project.

The newsletter served as a sounding board for questions and experiences of those 'out there' who are monitoring any aspect of their home life and natural landscape. It's mission is to provide inspiration, ideas, contacts, and further resources to those who are, or are at least thinking about being intentional about how they manage their resources.

All inquiries pertaining to the editorial content of this newsletter or to general information on the Monitoring Project should be directed to Caroline van Schaik, LSP, Monitoring Project, 2200 4th Street, White Bear Lake, MN 55110; phone: (651) 653-0618.

Summer 2000, Vol. 2, No. 1

Fall 1999/Winter 2000, Vol. 1, No. 3

Summer 1999, Vol. 1, No. 2

Winter 1999, Vol. 1, No. 1

The Multiple Benefits of Agriculture: Analysis and Policy Development for Social, Economic, and Environmental Benefits in Agriculture newsletter was published by the Land Stewardship Project and is currently out of print. It contains project and policy updates for the Land Stewardship Project's Multiple Benefits of Agriculture project, an effort to document and describe the economic, social and environmental benefits from different types of farms in two Minnesota watersheds.

The Multiple Benefits of Agriculture Past Issues
NOTE: All issues of The Multiple Benefits of Agriculture are in PDF format and can be viewed with Adobe® Acrobat® Reader.

Issue #1, June 2000: Project Overview

Issue #2, August 2000: International and Trade Perspectives on Multifunctional Agriculture

Issue #3, October 2000: Project Update: Scenario Development and Modeling

Issue #4, December 2000: Project Update: Baseline and Scenarios

Issue #5, February 2001: Bird Populations and Health in the Watersheds

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