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Videos/DVDs 
An Agriculture that Makes Sense
This video is about the Land Stewardship Project helping people choose a sustainable future for farming and rural communities. It contains interviews with farmers who have chosen sustainable methods. 1994 - 14 minutes. Available in VHS only. $10.00
Close to the Ground
This video describes the Monitoring Project, a joint, groundbreaking initiative of the Land Stewardship Project and the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture. This video shows how six farm families worked with scientists, economists, sociologists and government agency staffers to develop user-friendly indicators of sustainability on farmland. It also features outstanding footage of birdlife and livestock production coexisting on some of Minnesota’s most ruggedly beautiful farmland. 1997 - 24 minutes. Available in VHS only. $15.00
Common Ground
This is an inspiring video about Common Ground, a youth garden project located at the Minnesota Zoo. 1994 - 12 minutes. Available in VHS only. Free
Farming for the Future
This series of four videos—Rotary Hoe, Nitrogen Management, Controlled Grazing and Cover Crops—is now combined on one cassette. The videos emphasize farmer-to-farmer information exchange and on-farm experience. 1991- 64 minutes. Available in VHS only. These four videos are also sold separately. $30.00
Green Corridors: Open Spaces for Tomorrow
This video discusses ways communities can protect the beautiful countryside, farmland and special natural areas that are being developed. 1997 - 18 minutes. Available in VHS only. Available only from 1000 Friends of Minnesota: 651-312-1000 or www.1000fom.org
Houses in the Fields
This emotionally charged video about the loss of farmland in the Twin Cities Metropolitan area has won regional and international awards. 1995 - 22 minutes. Available in VHS only. $20.00
Our Garden: A Project That Supports Our Community and Protects Our Land
This is an instructional video describing the cooperative efforts of volunteers and organizations, led by the Redeemer Lutheran Church, to create the Redeemer Land Stewardship Garden in Winona, Minn. 15 minutes. Available in VHS only. $15.00
Planting in the Dust
A filmed performance of the famous play, with additional footage of a special round-table discussion on farmland stewardship issues. 60 minutes. $30.00. SOLD OUT
Turn Here Sweet Corn
This documentary by Helen DeMichiel looks at the ecological, cultural and historical consequences when farmland, farm people and their way of life give way to urban sprawl. 1990 - 57 minutes. $30.00. SOLD OUT
Voices of Minnesota Farm Women
This film, presented by Land Stewardship Project and produced and directed by Cynthia Vagnetti, is based on oral history interviews of 10 contemporary farm women involved in sustainable agriculture and local food systems. The women describe the personal satisfaction they derive from earning a living raising food, and the benefits this way of life provides for families and communities. 2005 - 30 minutes. Available in DVD & VHS. $15.00
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