Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Meeting Highlights

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February 28

Shivvers Memorial Lecture, 7 p.m., Sun Room, ISU Memorial Union, Ames, "Wisdom of the Last Farmer" by author and California peach farmer David Mas Masumoto.

March 3-4

Fifth Annual Midwest Cover Crops Council Workshop, ISU Memorial Union, Ames, hosted by the Leopold Center, ISU and Practical Farmers of Iowa.

March 4-5

The Drake Forum on America's New Farmers: Policy Innovations and Opportunities, Washington, D.C. Planned by Drake University's Agricultural Law Center and supported by the Leopold Center through the Sustainable Agricultural Land Stewardship Project.

March 6

Third Annual Ames Reads Leopold, Ames Public Library, Ames: Features readings from Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac.

April 1

Marketing and Food Systems Initiative Workshop, Gateway Conference Center, Ames, featuring results of projects funded by the Leopold Center and the Regional Food Systems Working Group.

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