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<description>LSP's Ear to the Ground is an audio magazine produced by the Land Stewardship Project, a private, nonprofit membership-based organization that is working to foster an ethic of stewardship for farmland, to promote sustainable agriculture and to develop sustainable communities. Ear to the Ground features interviews, reviews and news related to sustainable agriculture, rural development, local food and farming systems, agricultural policy and social justice.  This podcast will give you the 10 latest podcasts. To access all past podcasts, please use our archive podcast link: http://landstewardshipproject.org/rss/archive.php. To sample the Ear to the Ground podcast, see http://www.thepodlounge.com/listfeed.php?feed=34810.</description>
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