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Center Progress Reports
 

This is an annual publication that summarizes work of all competitive grant projects completed within the previous year. These reports also are available as PDF on the Completed Grants page but photo quality and downloading time may vary depending on your Internet connection.

  Volume 16 (2007) Summarizes the work of 20 research, demonstration projects  
  Volume 15 (2006) Summarizes the work of 21 research, demonstration projects  
  Volume 14 (2003-2004) summarizes work of 19 competitive grant research projects  
  Volume 13 (2002-2003) summarizes work of 22 competitive grant research projects  

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Annual Reports

This is an illustrated, non-technical report of all Leopold Center activities during a fiscal year. These reports also can be viewed as a PDF on the Annual Report page but photo quality and downloading time may vary depending on your Internet connection.
 
  2006-2007 Horizons, Anniversary Edition  
  2005-2006 Balancing Change and Sustainability  
  2004-2005 Engaging Agriculture  
  2003-2004 Facing Time  
  2002-2003 The Art of Agriculture  

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Fact Sheets (you may select up to three for mailing)
 

Many of these fact sheets are published on cooperation with Iowa State University Extension and single copies are available from the Leopold Center. Request multiple copies from ISU Extension Publications, (515) 294-5247. Publications with an identification number also can be viewed as a PDF on the ISU Extension Publications web site (click on the title to view the publication; this requires a free Adobe Acrobat Reader).

PM 1974a On-farm Food Safety: Guide to Good Agricultural Practices  
PM 1974b On-farm Food Safety: Guide to food handling  
PM 1974c On-farm Food Safety: Guide to cleaning and sanitizing  
PM 1853a Local Food Connections: From farms to schools  
PM 1853b Local Food Connections: From farms to restaurants  
PM 1853c Local Food Connections: Food service considerations  
PM 1917 Composting swine mortalities in Iowa  
SA 8 Composting dead livestock: A new solution to an old problem  
SA 9 Swine system options for Iowa: Outdoor pig production  
SA 11 Relative emergence sequence for weeds of corn and soybeans  
Oct 2002 Hoop Barn Swine Production  
PM 1626a Stewards of our streams: Riparian buffer systems  
PM 1626b Stewards of our streams: Buffer strip design, establishment and maintenance  
PM 1626c Stewards of our streams: Maintenance of riparian buffers  
PM 1626d Stewards of our streams: Assessing the need for a riparian management system  
May 2002 Local foods and institutional food services: A match for Iowa's future  

 

Papers and Presentations (you may select up to three for mailing)

 

The Leopold Center also makes available other educational materials such as position papers, speeches and summaries of completed projects. Many of these materials are also available as a PDF (click on the title to view the publication; this requires a free Adobe Acrobat Reader).

A Geography of Taste: Iowa's Potential for Developing Traditional and Place-Based Foods, October 2004; Rich Pirog [View 45-page report as PDF]
Ecolabel value assessment Phase 2: Consumer perceptions of local foods, May 2004; Rich Pirog [Executive summary only] [View entire 97-page report as PDF]
Consumer perceptions of pasture-raised beef and dairy products: An Internet study, Feb 2004; Rich Pirog
Ecolabel value assessment: Consumer and food business perceptions of local foods [Executive summary only], Nov 2003; Rich Pirog
An economic comparison of organic and conventional grain crops in a long-term agroecological research site in Iowa, Nov 2003 (reprint from Journal of Alternative Agriculture); Mike Duffy
New seeds and breeds for a revolution in agriculture, Sept 2003; Fred Kirschenmann
Checking the food odometer: Comparing food miles for local versus conventional produce sales to Iowa institutions, July 2003; Rich Pirog
What constitutes sound science? Dec 2002; Fred Kirschenmann
Grape expectations: A food system perspective on re-developing the Iowa grape industry, Aug 2002; Rich Pirog
Farmers' motivations for adoption of switchgrass, 2002; Mike Duffy
Costs of producing switchgrass for biomass in southern Iowa, 2002; Mike Duffy
A revolution in agriculture, May 2002; Fred Kirschenmann
Who benefits from biotechnology? Dec 2001; Mike Duffy
A new perspective on an old issue: Multi-family farms and America's farm structure, Winter, 2001 (reprint from Journal of Alternative Agriculture); Mike Duffy
Food, fuel and freeways: An Iowa perspective on how far food travels, fuel usage and greenhouse gas emissions, June 2001; Rich Pirog
Underserved and small farms, Sept 2001; Mike Duffy
Apples to apples: Iowa perspective on local food systems, Oct 1999; Rich Pirog

 

Other Information (you may select up to three for mailing)

 

These materials offer general information about the Leopold Center or sustainable agriculture. Many also are available as a PDF (click on the title to view the information; this requires a free Adobe Acrobat Reader).

The Leopold Letter, quarterly newsletter [To regularly receive the newsletter, sign up for our mailing list].
Abstracts of Recent Leopold Center Projects, 1996-2007
Toward a sustainable agriculture: Need for clarification of concepts and terminologies, reprinted from American Journal of Alternative Agriculture and written by former Director Dennis Keeney, 1989
Sustainable agriculture: Definition and concepts, reprinted from the Journal of Production Agriculture and written by former Director Dennis Keeney, 1990
Crops of ancient Iowa: Native plant use and farming systems (a teaching reference for agriculture and science teachers), 1995


 

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