Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Center publishes volume of 2006 research results

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September 7, 2007

AMES, Iowa – What did Iowa farm women have to say about the 2007 Farm Bill deliberations? How can buffers help stabilize western Iowa’s Loess Hills soils? Can local food producers use contracts to expand their market opportunities with foodservice outlets? Does fire have a future as a management tool for grassland reserves?

These are just some of questions answered in the findings from 20 Leopold Center competitive grants projects that appear in the new 2007 Center Progress Report. Now available in print and on-line, the sixteenth in an annual series of reports begun in 1992 describes projects supported by the Center’s three research initiatives: Ecology, Marketing and Food Systems, and Policy.

Summaries are condensed from final reports submitted by principal investigators, who approved them prior to publication. Contact information appears at the end of each summary for those who want more information from the principal investigator. For information about ongoing Center projects, annual progress reports are available from the Center.

Support for the competitive grants administered by the Center is provided through the state of Iowa educational appropriations and from the state’s Agriculture Management Account, generated from fees charged on nitrogen fertilizers and pest control chemicals sold in Iowa.

Paper copies of the 2007 Center Progress Report are available from the Center by calling (515) 294-3711 or sending an e-mail to leocenter@iastate.edu. Individual research summaries are found on the Center’s web site here.

For more info contact:

Laura Miller, Leopold Center communications, (515) 294-5272, lwmiller@iastate.edu

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