Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Completed Cross Cutting Initiative Grants

The Cross-Cutting Initiative is the Leopold Center’s newest research program, created in 2010 to encourage a systems approach and multiple research areas to balance competing and complementary goals of ecosystem health, productivity, economic and social well-being.

The most recently completed projects are listed first. Click on the title to see the abstract, key findings and links to printable summaries of the project. For more details about a project than what is included in the project summary documents, contact the lead investigator (email address is in the longer project summary).

2010
Project Title Project IDsort icon Completion Year
Sustainable economic development through organic and grazing dairy farm establishment and transition D2007-01 2010
On-line learning: Using webinars to teach about succession and enterprise development issues XP2009-02 2010
2012
Project Title Project IDsort icon Completion Year
Meeting on-farm energy needs through conservation, efficiency and renewable energy XP2009-01 2012
Educational presentation on reducing fossil fuel needs on Iowa’s small to mid-sized farms XPSP2011-02 2012
2011
Project Title Project IDsort icon Completion Year
Toward a new Homestead Act: Designing a farmstead transfer and leasing program for high-value farming and farmstead preservation XP2010-02 2011

See full list of completed Leopold Center competitive grants in all initiative areas.