Leopold Center events
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This calendar lists events that the Center is sponsoring, co-sponsoring or has helped plan, or events where Center staff are making presentations. Events sponsored by other groups are listed on the Other sustainable ag events page.
Are you looking for something that's already happened? Check our Reports from Past Leopold Center Events page.
What's coming up?
- Registration now open For our January 13 forum, "A Culture of Conservation: The Tools We Need to Grow," at the Gateway Conference Center in Ames. There is no cost to attend, but registrations must be received by January 7 to guarantee a meal ticket and to be entered in a drawing to receive a photography by Jerry DeWitt. Hosted by the Iowa Learning Farm, Leopold Center and Iowa Water Center. Workshop registration Forum Web site
- On-farm research Farmers interested in working with Iowa State faculty, staff or graduate students might want to check out the ISU-PFI On-Farm Research and Demonstration Grant Program. Deadline is December 16. More details [PDF]
View overhead slides from the Keeney Distinguished Lecture, Mississippi River Quality here.
Listen to Richard Heinberg's lecture, Toward a Post Carbon Food System, now available here.
Listen to USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan's lecture, The Future of American Agriculture, here.
| December 2 | Workshop on Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) Grants, 10 a.m.–1 p.m., 521 E. Locust, Suite 220, Des Moines. Hosted by the National Center for Appropriate Technology and the Leopold Center Farm Energy Working Group, this workshop is for small farmers and owners of rural, small businesses to learn more about funds available for rural and farm energy-related projects. This workshop is free, but please reply to richd@ncat.org. Contact: Rich Dana, NCAT energy specialist, richd@ncat.org, (319) 530-6051. |
| December 4–5 | 9th Annual Iowa Organic Conference, Maple-Willow-Larch Seasons Cafe and Scheman Building, Ames. The event begins at 7 p.m. Friday in Seasons Cafe with a presentation by award-winning journalist and dietitian Melinda Hemmelgarn. Saturday activities move to the Scheman Building and include a keynote presentation by Leopold Center Director Jerry DeWitt, "Lessons from Farmers in the Field." Breakout sessions will focus on various topics from transitioning to organic, marketing, building carbon in the soil and government programs. The Leopold Center is a conference partner for this event. Contact: Kathleen Delate, (515) 294-7069, kdelate@iastate.edu View event flyer [PDF] or Web site for more information. |
| January 5, 2010 | High Tunnel Production Workshop, Armstrong Research and Demonstration Farm, 6–9:30 p.m., Lewis. Workshops include two sessions. This is part one of the second workshop. Topics to be covered at the workshop include site and high tunnel selection, construction, soil management, irrigation, pest management, bed design and cropping systems and business plan development. Registration is required. Contact: Linda Naeve, Value Added Agriculture Program, (515) 294-8946, lnaeve@iastate.edu. For more information, see news release. |
| January 6, 2010 | High Tunnel Production Workshop, 6–9:30 p.m., Armstrong Research and Demonstration Farm, Lewis. Workshops include two sessions. This is part two of the second workshop. Topics to be covered at the workshop include site and high tunnel selection, construction, soil management, irrigation, pest management, bed design and cropping systems and business plan development. Registration is required. Contact: Linda Naeve, Value Added Agriculture Program, (515) 294-8946, lnaeve@iastate.edu. For more information, see news release. |
| January 13, 2010 | "A Culture of Conservation: The Tools We Need to Grow" forum, 8 a.m.–3 p.m., Gateway Conference Center, Ames. Keynote speakers include George DeVault of Seed Savers Exchange and Jerry DeWitt of the Leopold Center. Sponsored by the Leopold Center, Iowa Learning Farm and Iowa Water Center. Contact: Carol L. Brown, Iowa Learning Farm, (515) 294-8912, cbrown1@iastate.edu. For more information, see the event flyer. There is no cost to attend this forum but pre-registration is required by Thursday, January 7 to be guaranteed a meal ticket and to be entered in a drawing for a photograph from Jerry DeWitt. Register here Forum Web site |