Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Current Competitive Grant

Grass-Based Livestock Working Group

Project ID: G2008-01

This 3-year grant for $157,250 was awarded in 2008.

Location: Statewide

The group met quarterly to build community and facilitate information exchange among grass-based livestock producers and marketers, as well as their supporters in academia, state government and not-for-profit organizations. It provided small grants to interdisciplinary teams of researchers and outreach professionals for projects to address topics of concern in grass-based livestock production, marketing, ecology and policy.

Andy Larson

Andy Larson Andy Larson is an ISU Extension small farms specialist. Larson began work as extension program specialist in small farm sustainability in May after graduating from ISU's College of Business with an MBA and graduate minor in Sustainable Agriculture. He had worked as graduate assistant on the VCP project for the Leopold Center. [Contact lead investigator]

This competitive grant project is part of the Leopold Center's Cross-Cutting Initiative.

Topics: Animal management and forage, Niche meat, dairy and poultry