More Information from Selected Past Events

These events were either planned or hosted by the Leopold Center. Click on the event name for more details plus links to videos, podcasts, photos and other helpful information.

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Iowa Learning Farms December Webinar: ISA Bioreactors Wednesday, December 19, 2012 @ Online webinar

Drought-Proofing Your Farm Utilizing Keyline Design
Friday, November 30, 2012 - Sunday, December 2, 2012 @ Department of Sustainable Living, Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, Iowa

12th Annual Iowa Organic Conference
Sunday, November 18, 2012 - Monday, November 19, 2012 @ UI Memorial Union, Iowa City, Iowa

Iowa Learning Farms November Webinar: Advances in Precision Agriculture Wednesday, November 14, 2012 @ Online webinar

Seed Savers Exchange - Harvest Lecture Series
Friday, November 9, 2012 @ Heritage Farm near Decorah, Iowa

2012 Pesek Colloquium on Sustainable Agriculture: Ecologist Erle Ellis
Monday, October 29, 2012 @ Great Hall, ISU Memorial Union, Ames, Iowa

Iowa Learning Farms October Webinar: Iowa Farmers' Perspective on Climate Change and Agriculture Wednesday, October 17, 2012 @ Online webinar

Seed Savers Exchange - Harvest Lecture Series and Harvest Festival
Saturday, October 13, 2012 @ Heritage Farm, near Decorah, Iowa

Finding Iowa's Way: Economic solutions for a healthier environment
Thursday, October 4, 2012 @ Scottish Rite Consistory, 519 E. Park St., Des Moines, Iowa

Iowa Learning Farms' September Webinar: Matt Liebman Wednesday, September 19, 2012 @ Online webinar

Welcome reception for Mark Rasmussen
Thursday, September 6, 2012 @ Campanille Room, ISU Memorial Union, Ames, Iowa

Iowa Learning Farms' August Webinar: Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey Wednesday, August 15, 2012 @ Online webinar

Iowa Learning Farms' July Webinar: Nathan Anderson Wednesday, July 18, 2012 @ Online webinar

Iowa Learning Farms' June Webinar: Intra-row perennial-established cover crops Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ Online webinar

Iowa Learning Farms' May Webinar: STRIPs Wednesday, May 16, 2012 @ Online webinar

Iowa Learning Farms' April Webinar: Women Caring for the Land Wednesday, April 18, 2012 @ Online webinar

10th Anniversary Celebration: ISU Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture program Wednesday, April 11, 2012 @ ISU Memorial Union Sun Room and South Ballroom, Ames, Iowa

Local Food Summit
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 @ Scheman Building, Ames, Iowa

Ames screening - Symphony of the Soil
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ Auditorium, 2245 Coover Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

Iowa Learning Farms' March Webinar: Biochar Wednesday, March 21, 2012 @ Online webinar

Environmental Pollution, Climate Change and Our Health: 2012 Shivvers Memorial Lecture: Sandra Steingraber
Sunday, March 4, 2012 @ Sun Room, ISU Memorial Union, Ames

Sustainapalooza: Celebrating Our Cardinal, Gold, and Green! Tuesday, February 28, 2012 @ Great Hall, ISU Memorial Union, Ames, Iowa

Iowa Learning Farms' February Webinar: Sustainable Bioenergy Wednesday, February 15, 2012 @ Online

Changing the Way We Eat Saturday, January 21, 2012 @ Webcast

Iowa Learning Farms' January Webinar: Farmer as Steward and Business Leader Wednesday, January 18, 2012 @ Online webinar

Aldo Leopold's 125th Birthday Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Iowa Learning Farms' December Webinar: Patch-Burn Grazing Wednesday, December 14, 2011 @ Online webinar

Leopold Center Director Candidate Seminar: Mark Rasmussen
Monday, December 5, 2011 @ Brenton Center, Room 8, Curtiss Hall, ISU, Ames, Iowa

Leopold Center Director Candidate Seminar: Thanos Papanicolaou
Thursday, December 1, 2011 @ 1951 Food Science Building, ISU, Ames, Iowa

Leopold Center Director Candidate Seminar: Abdullah Jaradat
Monday, November 28, 2011 @ 1951 Food Science Building, ISU, Ames, Iowa

Iowa Learning Farms November Webinar: Urban Conservation Wednesday, November 16, 2011 @ Online webinar

2011 Pesek Colloquium: 9 Billion People + 1 Planet = ?
Monday, October 24, 2011 @ Great Hall, ISU Memorial Union, Ames, Iowa

Iowa Learning Farms October Webinar: Energy Conservation and Efficiency Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ Online webinar

Measuring Sustainability and Resilience Workshop
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ Gateway Hotel and Conference Center, Ames

2011 Shivvers Memorial Lecture: Gene Takle, Will Climate Change Impact the Sustainability of Iowa Farms?
Sunday, February 6, 2011 @ Ames, Iowa

Webinar: Addressing the Business Challenges to Increase Local Food Sales Commerce in Iowa
Tuesday, February 1, 2011 @ Ames, Iowa

2010 Pesek Colloquium: Bill McKibben, Sustaining Life on a Tough New Planet
Thursday, October 14, 2010 @ Ames, Iowa

2010 Leopold Center Marketing and Food Systems Initiative Workshop
Thursday, April 1, 2010 @ Ames, Iowa

2010 Shivvers Memorial Lecture: David Mas Masumoto, Wisdom of the Last Farmer
Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ Ames, Iowa

2009 Keeney Lecture: Gene Turner, Mississippi River Water Quality
Thursday, November 12, 2009 @ Ames, Iowa

2009 Pesek Colloquium: Shahid Naeem, The Environmental Significance of Biodiversity
Friday, October 23, 2009 @ Ames, Iowa

The Future of American Agriculture
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 @ Ames, Iowa

Toward a Post Carbon Food System
Thursday, September 24, 2009 @ Ames, Iowa

2009 Marketing and Food Systems Initiative Workshop
Monday, March 30, 2009 @ Ames, Iowa

2009 Shivvers Memorial Lecture: Richard Levins, Why Don't We Have Sustainable Agriculture Now?
Sunday, March 1, 2009 @ Ames, Iowa

Learning from the Floods of 2008: Practical Strategies for Resilience
Monday, December 8, 2008 @ Ames, Iowa

Sustaining Iowa: Making the Connection between Food, Health and the Land
Monday, November 10, 2008 - Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ Iowa City, Cedar Falls and Ames, Iowa

Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico: Implications and Strategies for Iowa
Thursday, October 16, 2008 @ Ames, Iowa

2008 Pesek Colloquium: Robert Costanza, Ecological Economics
Thursday, September 11, 2008 @ Ames, Iowa

2008 Shivvers Memorial Lecture: John Ikerd, Family Farms in an Era of Global Uncertainty
Sunday, February 24, 2008 @ Ames, Iowa

2007 Keeney Lecture: Robert Lawrence, The Agriculture-Public Health Connection
Monday, October 22, 2007 @ Ames, Iowa

Leopold Center 20th Anniversary Celebration Conference
Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 @ Ames, Iowa

2007 Shivvers Memorial Lecture: A Conversation with Wendell Berry
Sunday, April 15, 2007 @ Ames, Iowa

2007 Pesek Colloquium: Cynthia Rosenzweig, Climate Change & Agriculture
Wednesday, February 28, 2007 @ Ames, Iowa

Tune-up for Grass-Based Beef Production and Marketing
Friday, January 13, 2006 @ Des Moines, Iowa

2005 Shivvers Memorial Lecture: Laura Jackson, The Farm as Natural Habitat
Wednesday, October 19, 2005 @ Ames, Iowa

2005 Pesek Colloquium: L. Hunter Lovins, Energy and Sustainable Agriculture
Wednesday, March 9, 2005 @ Ames, Iowa

Growing Home: Community Development Strategies for Sustaining Local Agriculture
Wednesday, November 17, 2004 @ Ames, Iowa

GM Food/Feed: Gaps in risk-associated research that need to be filled
Monday, December 1, 2003 @ Ames, Iowa

Re-Thinking Agri-culture: As if the Real World Matters
Monday, October 20, 2003 @ Ames, Iowa

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