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Pirog advises for new Scouting guide on food

Leopold Center Associate Director Rich Pirog served as a research advisor for the Girl Scout Journey book, Sow What? The 2009 guidebook leads senior Girl Scouts through the food system with activities to earn the prestigious Girl Scout Senior Harvest Award. The Leopold Center’s research in food miles and place-based foods are cited in the book, which also includes a profile of Atlantic, Iowa farmer Denise O’Brien and her food advocacy work.

Kirschenmann commentary on resilience

“Agriculturalists are recognizing that resilience is at least as important to food security as maximum production, and consumer concerns provide us with unprecedented opportunities for farmers and consumers to come together as ‘food citizens’ to determine appropriate changes in our food system.” These comments are from a commentary, “Alternative agriculture in an energy- and resource-depleting future,” by Leopold Center Distinguished Fellow Fred Kirschenmann published in March by the Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems journal (formerly the American Journal of Alternative Agriculture).

Anatomy of the Iowa Floods of 2009

Leopold Center advisory board member Laura Jackson and former Leopold Center director Dennis Keeney contributed to a new book, A Watershed Year: Anatomy of the Iowa Floods of 2009, published in March by the University of Iowa Press. They co-authored a chapter on how perennial farming systems could better resist flooding.

 

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