Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Leopold Letter Winter 2008

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Surviving Mother Nature

What did we learn from last summer’s floods? Also learn how one Iowa farmer works with Mother Nature to run a successful business. Director Jerry DeWitt shares how the workshop inspired him, and Distinguished Fellow Fred Kirschenmann contemplates the ecology of bad ideas - and when they become lethal.

Other features: Local food comes of age, a Des Moines shopping center has a new local food venue, how the Leopold Center is informing the hypoxia discussion, an exciting new on-line tool, and a docudrama about the changing rural landscape.

In This Issue...

Flood workshop considers causes, future actions
Flood workshop: Realities hit home
Flood workshop: What can be done for urban areas
Flood workshop: farmers share experiences, ideas
Flood workshop: How our rivers have changed
Steve Reinart: Grazier, preservationist, mold-breaker
Spencer Award goes to Carroll County grazier
Director: Why was the flood workshop important?
Kirschenmann: On the propagation of bad ideas
Leopold Center advances Iowa hypoxia discussion at October workshop
Guest Column: Local food comes of age
New tool estimates markets for 2004 food products nationwide
Iowa Food Cooperative launched in Des Moines shopping center
Agriculture, arts joined through 'Farmscape' play, campus group