LEC in the News

• 05.07.25 Kato Living: Learn About the Eng-AGE-ment Program
• 10.31.24 KMSU: Every Day is Earth Day - Environmental Justice with Michael Wilson Becerril
• 10.29.24 KEYC: Kato Living - 2024 Earth Conference with Living Earth Center
• 10.06.24 KEYC: Living Earth Center Looks Back at 2024 with Fall Farm Fest
• 10.03.24 Mankato Free Press: Harvest Meals Conclude Seed to Sauce Season
• 10.01.24 Mankato Free Press: Volunteer opportunities, fall fun planned at community farm
• 06.23.24 KEYC: Living Earth Center Receives Grant from MN Department of Agriculture
• 06.09.24 Mankato Free Press: Day of the Dead Committee Plants this Year's Marigolds in Mankato for First Time
• 04.08.24 KEYC/Kato Living: Need a Garden? Try Community!
• 01.25.24 Mankato Free Press: Partnership is helping local farmers and underserved communities alike
• 12.18.23 Mankato Free Press: Monday Informer: Winter Solstice to be Celebrated In-Person
• 09.2023 River Valley Woman: Laura Marsala Peterson: Growing Connections
• 08.10.23 KEYC/Kato Living: Living Earth Center: Finding Common Ground
• 08.04.23 Triple Falls Podcast: Living Earth Center - Laura Marsala
• 06.27.23 Mankato Free Press: Gardening Program Engages People with Dementia
• 06.01.23 KEYC: Living Earth Center Opens New Building
• 05.18.23 KEYC: Living Earth Center Open House this Weekend
• 05.05.23 KEYC: Living Earth Center Community Farm Continues to Grow
• 04.29.23 Mankato Free Press: 'Deep Valley Trash': Volunteers Picking it Up
• 2023 SSND Central Pacific Province News: Transforming Land, Nurturing Community: Living Earth Center
• 09.26.22 KEYC: Mankato's Living Earth Center Faces Uncertain Future
• 08.29.22 Mankato Free Press: Community Farm growing into its own; Good Counsel garden fate uncertain
• 06.27.22 KEYC: Community Garden Helps Adults with Dementia Connect with Community
• 04.30.22 Mankato Free Press: Gardening Enthusiasts Prepping for Planting
• 08.13.21 KEYC: Community Farm Partnership Delivers Fresh Produce to Families
• 07.19.21 KEYC: Mankato Garden Provides Peaceful Retreat for Seniors with Memory Loss
• 07.13.21 Slow Food Minnesota: Living Earth Center Uses Gardening to Heal
• 07.06.21 Mankato Free Press: Dementia Friendly: Volunteers, patients with memory loss share common experiences through gardening
• 07.02.21 MPR News: Volunteers, patients with memory loss share common experiences through gardening
• 06.01.21 Mankato Free Press: Community garden nonprofit now manages county farm
• 05.26.21 KEYC: Blue Earth County Community Farm opens for season; in need of volunteers
• 05.26.21 KEYC: Blue Earth County Farm Receives SHIP Grant
• 05.21.21 MPR News: 'Something sacred': Southern Minn. community garden expands to community farm, gathering place
• 03.17.21 KTOE: Talk of the Town with Lisa Kaye - Laura Peterson Ex. Director Living Earth Center
• 03.16.21 KEYC: Living Earth Center Partners with County to Manage Blue Earth County Community Farm
• 03.07.21 Mankato Free Press: Living Earth Center to Manage County's Community Farm
• 02.08.21 Mankato Free Press: Monday Informer: Community garden opens registration
• 01.28.21 Mankato Free Press: Current Briefs - Living Earth Center Sponsors Event
• 11.05.20 KTOE: Talk of the Town with Lisa Kaye - Laura Peterson Living Earth Center
• 09.25.20 Mankato Free Press: Variety Show to Benefit Living Earth Center
• 08.21.20 Mankato Free Press: Pandemic Gardening: 'Community Gardening is Cool Again'
• 06.06.20 KEYC: Explore River Valley Waterfalls from Home
• 05.05.20 KEYC: Living Earth Center Community Garden Grows with the Changes
• 04.21.20 KEYC: Living Earth Center Promotes Sustainability, Growing Food in Community Garden
• 02.03.20 KEYC: Lakota Made Teaches Herbalism and Shares Lakota Culture
• 2020 SSND Central Pacific Province News: The History of the Red Barn in Mankato, Minnesota
• 06.15.19 Blue Earth Project Podcast: Laura Peterson - Living Earth Center
• 05.21.19 KTOE: MSU Partners with Dementia Patients for Community Gardening
• 05.30.19 Mankato Free Press: Dementia-Friendly Garden Started at Good Counsel
• 05.06.19 Mankato Free Press: Community Gardeners Kick Off Growing Season
• 02.18.19 Mankato Free Press: Sustainable Sharing: Two Farms and Local Non-Profit Host First Seed and Food Swap
• 02.12.19 KTOE: First Mankato Food Swap Takes Place Feb. 24
• 2019 AccessKTV: Living Earth Community Garden
• 2019 SSND Central Pacific Province News: Living Earth Center - Farm to School Movement
• 08.17.18 Mankato Free Press: Passing the Shovel: Center on Good Counsel Hill Changes Hands
• 2018 SSND Central Pacific Province News: Living Earth Center Continues Mission of SSNDs
• 07.05.17 Mankato Free Press: New Director of Rural Ministry Eyes Program's Growth
• 06.19.17 Mankato Free Press: Hy-Vee Garden Grants
• 04.21.17 Mankato Free Press: Community Gardens Sprouting Up Throughout Area
• 09.15.15 Mankato Free Press: Local Community Gardens to Hold Tours, Activities
• 03.15.15 Mankato Free Press: New Event Focuses on Re-Skilling
• 10.06.14 Mankato Free Press: Letter to the Editor - Faith, Farm Communities Have Role on Climate
• 09.02.14 Mankato Free Press: Solstice Snowshoeing
• 09.01.14 Mankato Free Press: Worms
• 02.08.14 Mankato Free Press: Do It Yourself Session to Build Solar Heater Offered
• 04.29.13 Mankato Free Press: Good Counsel Education Center, Garden Barn Saved From Blaze
• 07.28.12 Mankato Free Press: Community Gardeners Having Big Summer
• 08.16.11 Mankato Free Press: Gardening for 'Sprouts'
• 10.01.10 Mankato Free Press: Nobel Cause: Making Food Good
• 09.05.10 Mankato Free Press: School Sisters Get Garden Tool Grant
• 04.26.10 Mankato Free Press: Your View: Reusing Stuff Makes Sense
• 04.11.10 Mankato Free Press: Swap Meet Was Made to Trade
• 04.07.10 Mankato Free Press: Lawn, Garden Care Starting Early
• 03.15.09 Mankato Free Press: Interest in Gardening for Food Sprouts
• 01.10.08 Mankato Free Press: Annual Pathfinder Award Winners Announced
• 06.20.07 Mankato Free Press: Sprouts Class Targets Young Gardener
• 01.08.07 Mankato Free Press: Sister's Link to Food Shelf Dates Back to Beginning
• 08.30.06 Mankato Free Press: The Community: A Garden of Care
• 05.07.06 Mankato Free Press: Helpful Harvest