Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Leopold Letter Summer 2008

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For the sake of the land

Director Jerry DeWitt speaks for the land after seeing flood-ravaged fields in eastern Iowa. The Leopold Center helps launch a new group to promote Iowa's grass-based livestock industry, and Distinguished Fellow Fred Kirschenmann explains why the free market does not lead to sustainability, and offers insight on the Pew livestock report.

Other features: Current research to help Iowa apple growers, alternative cropping systems for the bioeconomy, a new web site devoted to the science of organic agriculture, and a new tool for finding how far produce travels.

 

In This Issue...

New grass-based livestock group starts work
Web site highlights science of organic ag
Director: A firsthand look at the Iowa floods
Kirschenmann: By itself, free market does not lead to sustainability
ISU professor tests new strategies to help Iowa apple growers
Project explores alternative cropping systems for the bioeconomy
Guest Column: John Pesek on Soil: Ubiquitous, underappreciated but indispensable
Kirschenmann offers insight into Pew report on livestock
Study looks at critical need for capital among niche farm businesses
Where does your produce come from? Find out with new tool
Guest Column: 2008 Farm Bill advances Leopold Center mission