Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Completed Grants

This is where you will find all of our grant reports. The Leopold Center has operated a competitive grants program since 1988, funding more than 420 Iowa-based projects in every county in Iowa.

The most recently completed projects are listed first. Click on the title to see the abstract, key findings and links to printable summaries of findings from each 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).

  • To see grant reports from projects just in the Ecology Initiative, go here
  • To see grant reports from projects just in the Marketing and Food Systems Initiative, go here
  • To see grant reports from projects just in the Policy Initiative, go here
  • To see grant reports from the Cross-Cutting Initiative, go here
  • Grant reports from earlier projects not part of any initiative are on the list that starts below.

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2002
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Our rural supermarket: Locally grown foods project 2002-LF 2002
Organic farming demonstration project - eastern Iowa 1999-21 2002
Nontarget effects of Bt corn on pathogenic and toxigenic fungi 2000-29 2002
Making the connection - Linking farms to HRIs 2000-67 2002
Iowa Master Conservationist Program 2002-MC 2002
Integrating biologically rational strategies for control of anthracnose fruit rot of strawberries 1999-64 2002
Improving tree establishment with forage crops 1999-85 2002
Growing dairy heifers in southwest Iowa 1999-11 2002
Feasibility of organic soybean production following CRP land 1999-49 2002
Examining the potential for organic apple production - The Homestead Orchard Project 1999-22 2002
Evaluation of organic soil amendments for certified organic vegetable and herb production 1999-50 2002
Environmental impacts of the use of poultry manure for agricultural production system 1999-68A 2002
Ecological impact of herbicides associated with transgenic soybeans on spider mites 2000-41 2002
Development of switchgrass as a viable agricultural commodity for farmers in southern Iowa 1998-14 2002
Demonstration of swine carcass composting as part of an environmentally friendly production system 2000-33 2002
Crop response to zinc as a micronutrient in Iowa 2000-04 2002
Closing the loop, expanding the circle: Educational outreach for institutional food waste on small farms 2002-YE 2002
Chariton Valley Beef Initiative 1999-71 2002
Biologically intensive manipulation of foxtail seed banks for enhanced mortality 1999-37 2002
Alternative and horticulture crop education and marketing pilot project 1999-56 2002