Ear to the Ground 396: Accountable Ag
From LSP's Ear to the Ground by Brian DeVore, Land Stewardship Project
February 9, 2026 · 55 min · Episode 396
About this episode
The episode discusses the coexistence of productive farming and clean water, emphasizing the need to address greenwashing in agriculture.
These three crop producers see no reason why productive farming and clean water can’t co-exist. But first, we need to stop the greenwashing and get our hands dirty. ( 2 of 2 parts; part 1 is here ) More Information: • Ear to the Ground 395: The Lobe Rangers • LSP Soil Health Web Page • LSP Myth Buster No. 68: “When Nitrogen is Gone, it Can be Forgotten” • SARE Fact Sheet: “Cover Crops at Work: Keeping Nutrients Out of Waterways” • Article: “A report tied Iowa’s water pollution to agriculture. Then the money to promote it mysteriously disappeared” • Researcher’s Analysis of Nov. 2025 Iowa Farm Bureau Statement on Water Quality • LSP Blog: The Crop Insurance Conundrum • PNAS Paper: “The Extent of Soil Loss Across the US Corn Belt” • ISU CARD Analysis: “Cover Crop Adoption Decelerates and No-till Area Stagnates in the I-States”
People in this episode
Host: Brian DeVore
Topics covered
- agriculture
- water quality
- sustainability
- soil health
- crop production
Keywords
- farming
- clean water
- greenwashing
- crop producers
- soil health
- agriculture pollution
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Land Stewardship Project, Iowa Farm Bureau, ISU CARD
Books & works: Ear to the Ground 395: The Lobe Rangers, LSP Myth Buster No. 68: “When Nitrogen is Gone, it Can be Forgotten”, SARE Fact Sheet: “Cover Crops at Work: Keeping Nutrients Out of Waterways”, Article: “A report tied Iowa’s water pollution to agriculture. Then the money to promote it mysteriously disappeared”, PNAS Paper: “The Extent of Soil Loss Across the US Corn Belt”, LSP Blog: The Crop Insurance Conundrum
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