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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2005
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Sustainable grape production for the reestablishment of Iowa's grape industry 2002-46 2005
Supply chain options for biobased businesses 2004-M13 2005
Planning grant for expansion of Food Alliance ecolabel program in Iowa 2004-M14 2005
Market analysis of alternative crop production in Iowa 2004-M9 2005
Local food capacity in north central Iowa: Nutritional need, economic strategy 2004-M21 2005
Investigation of the influence of tillage for management of woolly cupgrass 2001-56 2005
Integrating hunting and grazing - a southern Iowa investigation into management issues 2003-E6 2005
Incorporating grassland agriculture into row crop production systems 2002-39 2005
Improving farm nutrient management by optimizing organic matter inputs and root health 2002-41 2005
Identification of plant residue with commercial potential as natural dyestuffs 2003-M6 2005
Growing your small market farm business planning program 2004-MSP6 2005
Evaluating the adaptability of forage species and varieties 1999-41 2005
Evaluating on-farm food handling practices and microbiological quality of locally grown produce and eggs 2004-MSP1 2005
Documenting the costs and benefits of whole animal local meat purchases by three northeast Iowa institutions 2004-M6 2005
Developing a local food system in association with business and industry 2002-67 2005
Company environmental and societal positions as sources of competitive advantage 2004-M5 2005
Biotic interference of biological control of purple loosestrife 2001-33 2005
Assessing the market potential of specialty forest products in local food systems 2004-M8 2005
An internship program to help institutional food buyers develop links to local farms in northeast Iowa 2001-13 2005