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A conversation with Wendell Berry Save Sunday, April 15 for a visit with Wendell Berry. The poet, essayist, farmer and novelist from northern Kentucky will be joined by his daughter, Mary Berry Smith, and area farmers to discuss the changing landscape of American agriculture. The program, “A Conversation with Wendell Berry,” will be at 7 p.m. in the Sun Room of the ISU Memorial Union in Ames. This event commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Leopold Center and is the 2007 Shivvers Memorial Lecture, in memory of John Shivvers, who farmed near Knoxville, Iowa. It is co-sponsored by the ISU chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta, an honorary society for agriculture students that is celebrating its 100th year at Iowa State. Wendell Berry has written more than 30 books, including poetry, essays and novels, and has taught English at New York University and the University of Kentucky. Mary Berry Smith lives near her father on a traditional cattle and tobacco farm, which she has diversified to include a vineyard and winery. Details about the event are on the Leopold Center web calendar. Workshops focus on sharing machinery, labor The Leopold Center is co-sponsoring a series of workshops for farmers interested in sharing machinery and labor in their farming operations. Iowa State University Extension economists and farm management specialists will discuss strategies for sharing agreements and how to evaluate their effectiveness. Workshops will be held February 16 in Fort Dodge, February 21 in Mount Vernon and February 22 in Carroll. Cost for the workshop is $10, which includes lunch. Other sponsors include ISU Extension, North Central Risk Management Education Center, University of Missouri Extension, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation and Grundy National Bank. More information available at: www.machinerysharing.info. |
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Cynthia Rosenzweig will present the 7th annual John Pesek Colloquium on Sustainable Agriculture at 7 p.m., February 28 in the Sun Room of the Iowa State Memorial Union in Ames. Rosenzweig, a research agronomist at NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space Studies, will talk about climate change and agriculture. The Leopold Center is a co-sponsor of the event, coordinated by the Henry A. Wallace Chair for Sustainable Agriculture at ISU. A town hall meeting is scheduled March 1 at Dordt College in Sioux Center. More information at the Wallace Chair web site. Back to Winter 2006-07 Leopold Letter
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