Foxtail seeds, organic apples, local food networks, grass-based dairying-these are just a few of the topics covered in the new Center Progress Report, just issued by the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University (ISU). The Center's research and demonstration efforts were carried out on Iowa farms, at ISU's outlying research farms, and in urban and suburban areas of the state.

Summaries of the 20 research and education projects completed in 2001 are provided in an illustrated, 64-page paperback. The projects are grouped in these categories:

Agriculture and communities
Crop systems
Ecology
Livestock systems, and
Special projects.

The summaries are condensed from longer final reports submitted by principal investigators. Information is provided for principal investigators on each project for those wishing to contact the investigator directly for more information.

To receive a free copy of the Leopold Center's 2002 Center Progress Report, contact the Center at 209 Curtiss Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-1050, or call (515) 294-3711, or via email.

Support for these completed competitive grants administered by the Center was provided though state of Iowa appropriations and from the Agriculture Management Account, generated from fees charged on nitrogen fertilizers and pest control chemicals sold in Iowa.