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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2011
Project Title Project ID Completion Yearsort icon
Engaging community planners and local elected officials with local food systems producers to integrate local food systems into community plans and policies M2010-21 2011
Experiential educational engagement with working groups and communities of practice M2010-25 2011
From farm to market in northwest Iowa M2010-01 2011
Improving veterinary care for organic livestock producers M2010-05 2011
Transitioning the Pork Niche Market Working Group to self-sufficiency M2010-16 2011
Assessing the business development strengths and needs of women and Latino farmers in Iowa M2010-07 2011
Building the Iowa wine culture through improved quality M2010-03 2011
State policy alternatives for biofuels industry support of sustainable production of biofuels feedstocks P2008-03 2011
Toward a new Homestead Act: Designing a farmstead transfer and leasing program for high-value farming and farmstead preservation XP2010-02 2011
A food distribution network for the Northern Iowa Food and Farm Partnership M2009-19 2011
A feasibility study for the creation of a meat processing training program in Iowa M2009-28 2011
High-tunnel resource manual and producer resource kit providing the tools for profitability M2009-16 2011
Pottawattamie County Farm to Fork (Phase III) M2009-02 2011
The actual cost of food systems on roadway infrastructure M2009-15 2011
Producer machinery and labor sharing arrangements workshops M2008-02 2011
Corn silage test plot to increase profitability for dairy farmers and reduce winter wind & water erosion E2009-02 2011
Optimizing legume establishment in winter cereal grains E2006-10 2011
Evaluation of greenhouse gas emissions from three dairy production systems in Iowa--conventional, grazing and combination conventional/grazing M2009-12 2011
Experiential educational engagement with working groups and communities of practice M2009-18 2011
The impact of biodiversity services in row crop production in annual verses perennial landscapes E2006-13 2011
Feasibility of unheated large gutter-connect greenhouses for winter organic vegetable production in Iowa E2009-24 2011
Distillers Dried Grains (DDG) feeding and impacts on meat quality for grazing steers ESP2006-03 2011
Adapting land retirement programs in response to Iowa's changing economy EP2007-30 2011
Reducing pesticide use in Iowa vineyards: Alternatives to herbicides for vineyard weed management E2008-18 2011
The Landowners' Decision: Grazing and fire as management tools on Iowa grasslands and oak savannas E2007-05 2011
Update of the Iowa Produce Market Potential Calculator website M2009-01 2011
Local food producer website workshops M2008-19 2011
Energy use and nutrient cycling in pig production systems E2008-03 2011
Agronomic, ecological and economic comparisons of conventional and low-external-input cropping systems E2007-09 2011
Custom grazing contracts: Successful models to grow profit, avoid pitfalls E2007-11 2011
Routing foods into southeast Iowa M2009-10 2011
Building student awareness and involvement in the Farm to ISU program M2009-14 2011
Research and assistance in support of the Foodsheds in the Upper Midwest Initiative to measure the economic impacts of increased local food production and consumption M2009-07 2011