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The Leopold Center was established at Iowa State University through the
passage of the Iowa Groundwater Protection Act in 1987. This landmark
legislation recognized the importance of agriculture to Iowa's economy and
the protection of natural resources and improvement of rural economies as
essential for Iowa's future.
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Building on the Past, Growing for
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We invite you to listen to the land, learn from
the legacy and look toward a positive future for Iowa's natural
resources, people and communities. Go
to 20th Anniversary Conference web page |
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Upcoming Events |
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Please help us celebrate at these upcoming
events.
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August 25 |
Leopold Center Recognition, Flax, Triticale and Natural
History, Practical Farmers of Iowa Summer Field Tour, 9-11:30 a.m.,
Mugge farm, Sutherland. This field day will feature the unique
partnership between the Leopold Center, PFI and Iowa State
University. It includes a wagon tour of flax and winter triticale
field trials, and an overview of past sustainable ag research in
northwest Iowa with presentations by Ron Vos, Dordt College; Joel
DeJong, ISU Extension field agronomist, and Kathleen Delate, who
leads ISU organic agriculture research. Contact: (712) 446-2414.
Event flier [PDF] |
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August 25 |
Natural History and the Sustainable Future of Iowa, Practical
Farmers of Iowa Summer Field Tour, Noon to 4 p.m., Prairie
Heritage Nature Center, Peterson. The celebration that began in the
morning at the Paul and Karen Mugge farm near Sutherland continues.
Lunch will be provided at the nature center, followed by a prairie
walk led by O'Brien County naturalist Charlene Elyea. The afternoon
program will feature visioning for the future, led by University of
Iowa professor Dave Osterberg, who helped write the Iowa Groundwater
Protection Act that created the Leopold Center in 1987. Other
presentations include Matt Liebman, ISU Wallace Chair; Teresa Opheim,
Practical Farmers of Iowa; Mary Holz-Clause, ISU Extension; Rob
Marquesee, Woodbury County economic development; and Neil Hamilton,
Drake Agricultural Law Center and original member of the Leopold
Center Advisory Board. Contact: (712) 295-7200.
Event flier [PDF} |
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October 10 |
The Long Emergency and its Implications for American Life, 7
p.m., Sun Room, Memorial Union, Ames. Best-selling author James
Howard Kunstler (The Geography of Nowhere, The City in Mind) will
lecture at Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa
as part of the Center's 20th anniversary celebration. Kunstler is a
regular contributor to the New York Times Sunday magazine and
op-ed page, where he has written on environmental and economic
issues. Contact: Laura Miller, (515) 294-5272, lwmiller@iastate.edu. |
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October 22 |
Climate Change, Sustainable Agriculture and Human Nutrition,
Dennis Keeney Distinguished Lecture by Dr. Robert Lawrence, 7 p.m.,
location TBA, Iowa State University, Ames. Dr. Lawrence is founding
director of the Center for a Livable Future at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg
School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland. The center focuses
on research, education, and advocacy that examine the relationships
among diet, food production systems, the environment and human
health. The lecture honors Keeney, the Leopold Center's first
director, and is part of the Center's 20th anniversary and Iowa
State University's Sesquicentennial celebration. Contact: Laura
Miller, (515) 294.5272, lwmiller@iastate.edu. |
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Signature Event |
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July 10-11 |
Building on the Past, Growing for the Future, Leopold Center
20th Anniversary Conference, Ames.
See photos, look at presentations on
conference web page. |
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Partners in Celebration |
The Center thanks these partners for joining the celebration.
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Maharishi University School of Management |
The University presented the Leopold Center with its Maharishi Award
for Environmental Integrity on May 11 during its 7th Annual
Eco-Fair. The award was accepted by Center Director Jerry DeWitt. |
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Practical Farmers of Iowa |
A long-time partner of the Leopold Center, PFI hosted a reception on
January 12 during their annual conference in Des Moines.
See photos
from the evening program.
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Iowa Network for Community Agriculture |
Leopold Center Director Jerry DeWitt shared insights with members
during their annual meeting Feb. 2-3 in Marshalltown, complete with
an anniversary cake. |
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Iowa State University Creative Writing Program |
The Leopold Center was honored at a potluck that opened the
program's
Third Annual Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness and the Creative
Imagination in February.
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Sponsoring Organizations |
These organizations provided financial support for our July 10-11
activities: Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life
Sciences; Henry A. Wallace Endowed Chair for Sustainable
Agriculture; ISU Organic Ag Program; University of Iowa Center for
Health Effects of Environmental Contamination; Agricultural
Marketing Resource Center and Value Added Ag Extension; and the Iowa
Institute for Cooperatives. |
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