Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

New annual report celebrates 'perseverance'

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The new FY2011 annual report from the Leopold Center echoes the year’s theme of “Perseverance.” The report also highlights the Leopold Center’s 25-year anniversary with an illustrated timeline showing important events and turning points in the Center’s history.

The report focuses on the breadth of activities sponsored, promoted and funded by the Center and its partners during the fiscal year. Among the stories featured in the recently issued report:

  • Climate scientist Gene Takle presented the 2011 Shivvers Lecture.
  • Audubon farmers Vic and Cindy Madsen accepted the Spencer Award.
  • Descriptions of 19 new research grants awarded and 25 projects renewed.
  • Three students in Iowa State’s Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture were able to continue their studies with Leopold Center funds.
  • Fifteen working groups convened: six in Marketing, seven in Ecology, one in Cross-Cutting and in Policy.
  • 179 educational events were sponsored.
  • The Iowa Local Food and Farm Plan developed and produced for the Iowa Legislature.
  • “Green Fire,” a new documentary about Aldo Leopold, premiered in Iowa.
  • Potential grantees learned at a Leopold Center workshop how to incorporate resilience thinking into their research and outreach.
  • Distinguished Fellow Fred Kirschenmann shared the stage with the Prince of Wales.
  • The Long-Term Agroecological Research plots marked 13 years of comparing organic and conventional crops.

Copies of the 40-page annual report are available from the Center office (515/294-3711) or online.

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