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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2006
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
A study of place-based food tourism in northeast Iowa communities 2005-MSP01 2006
Alternative farrowing systems during cold weather 2003-E29 2006
Beef cattle feeding in deep-bedded hoop barns 2004-DSP01 2006
Biological control of the soybean aphid in organic and sustainable soybean production systems 2003-E02 2006
Company environmental and societal positions as sources of competitive advantage 2005-M07 2006
Consumer perceptions of place-based foods, food chain profit distribution, and family farms 2004-MSP05 2006
Developing an integrated research and outreach program for niche pork 2005-M28 2006
Economic analysis of current and potential Muscatine melon market 2004-MSP09 2006
Economically optimal enterprise mix for Iowa farms 2004-E01 2006
Forming agricultural bargaining units for a sustainable and equitable agriculture 2003-P10 2006
Grinnell Area Local Food System Initiative 2003-M01 2006
Impacts of managed grazing on stream ecology and water quality 2002-U19 2006
Leveraging linkages to the Conservation Security Program 2003-P61 2006
Southwest Iowa Entrepreneurial Center: An achievable product-to-market business model for niche ag producers 2005-M13 2006
Supporting direct meat marketing in Iowa 2004-M17 2006
Survey of Iowa organic farmers on the impact of the National Organic Program 2003-P08 2006
Sustainable and Entrepreneurial Agriculture Program at Marshalltown Community College 2004-MSP07 2006
Sustaining agricultural producers through direct marketing of processed foods 2002-16 2006
The role of herbaceous woodland perennial diversity for improving nutrient uptake capacity of riparian areas 2004-E04 2006
Web-based interactive decision model for determining economic feasibility of growing grapes and establishing a small winery for wine and grape juice 2004-M16 2006
Winter grazing of stockpiled grass-legume forages to reduce costs of developing beef heifers 2004-E35 2006