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This is our quarterly 12-page newsletter. Below is a description of what you'll find in each issue. Click on issue date for links to newsletter articles, download a PDF by clicking on the newsletter image, or sign up to receive the Leopold Letter by email or in your mailbox.

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Leopold Letter Winter 1998

 

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  • Contract agriculture: Will it tip the balance?
  • Swine System Options Conference Feb. 17
  • Director column: Soothsayers and sustainable agriculture
  • Looking at sustainable agriculture education: Is more better?
  • From the field: Dave Van Waus
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Leopold Letter Fall 1998

 

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  • Leopold Center, PFI mark first season of field day partnership
  • Director column: G.W. Carver rooted in sustainable agriculture
  • At war with white mold: Biological control could offer promising approach
  • Defining the "farm": What about multi-family operations?
  • Newsletter helm changes leadership
  • Intern plans to teach--and garden
  • China offers opportunities for learning and sharing
  • Buffer initiative gets hardy reception

 
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Leopold Letter Summer 1998

 

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  • Leopold Center awards 1998 grants
  • Fitting technologies to farms
  • Director column: Is ag biotechnology sustainable?
  • Local food systems gear up
  • Aldo Leopold commemorated
  • Center publishes 1998 Progress Report
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Leopold Letter Spring 1998

 

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  • Linking food to people: Local food system projects build community
  • Teamwork leads to Iowa Buffer Initiative
  • Director column: Sustainable agriculture, a quiet evolution
  • Hoop structures examined
  • Annual report garners award
  • Map of Iowa waterways now available