Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Leopold Letter Summer 2009

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Leopold and the land

This issue announced a new land tenure project with Drake University, edge-of-field treatments to keep the land and water healthy, and recollections from a visit to the desert wilderness that informed Aldo Leopold’s early ideas. Director Jerry DeWitt also talks about how we’re seeing the land - and agriculture - in new ways. And read Distinguished Fellow Fred Kirschenmann's cautionary counsel about the dangers of too much certainty.

Other features: Lessons from a successful local food program in Pottawattamie County, high tunnels to extend the growing season a new book about grass and commentary on the Center’s Livestock and Diversity core issue.
 

In This Issue...

Leopold Center Policy Initiative invests in land tenure program
Leopold Center studies denitrifying bioreactors - possible help for Gulf 'dead zone'
Director: What changes do you see taking place in how people view agriculture?
Kirschenmann: The dangers of too much certainty
Local food, local government: Farm to Fork program a success
Guest columnist: Livestock and Diversity: Learning from Iowa's past
Producers extend crop seasons using high tunnel production
New volume touts eternal value of grassland to agriculture
Guest Column: Following Leopold into your own wilderness
Center's research summaries now available on-line only