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January 17, 2013
Online tool offers cover crop possibilities for Iowa growers
AMES, Iowa – Iowa farmers are encouraged to check out a new online tool that will help them select the right cover crop for their operations.

January 14, 2013
Seven completed Leopold projects provide resources, make recommendations
AMES, Iowa – Summaries of what has been learned from seven recently completed projects are now available on the website of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture. All projects were supported by Leopold Center competitive grants within one of its four research initiatives: Ecological...

January 3, 2013
Leopold Center Advisory Board adds new members
AMES, Iowa – The Leopold Center Advisory Board begins the new year with three new members. Iowa State professor Steven Mickelson, West Des Moines businessman Dale Farnham and Iowa Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Jay Johnson are the newest appointees to the Center’s 17-member advisory...

December 7, 2012
Spencer Award goes to northern Iowa CSA farmers
AMES, Iowa -- The owners of a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) enterprise in northern Iowa have been chosen as the 2012 recipients of the Spencer Award for Sustainable Agriculture. Jan Libbey and Tim Landgraf, who operate One Step at a Time Gardens near Kanawha in Hancock County, will...

December 5, 2012
Local food groups invited to December 14 RFSWG meeting
AMES, Iowa – Organizations and individuals who are developing local food systems in their community or region are invited to join others throughout Iowa who are doing the same thing, at the winter meeting of the Regional Food Systems Working Group of Iowa on Friday, December 14. The group...

December 3, 2012
Online one-stop-shop helps farmers reduce energy use
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa  –   A new online resource helps farmers on small to mid-sized operations identify potential energy reduction for their farms, learn how other farmers have achieved energy savings, and find resources for farm audits, utility rebates and funding opportunities....

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