Winter 2008 Vol. 20 No. 4

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Flood workshop considers causes, future actions

Realities hit home

What can be done for urban areas

Farmers share experiences, ideas

How our rivers have changed

Workshop web site: Learning from the Floods of 2008

Spencer Award goes to Carroll County grazier

Steve Reinart: Grazier, preservationist, mold-breaker

DIRECTOR Q&A: Why was the flood workshop important?

TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE: On the propogation of bad ideas

Leopold Center advances Iowa hypoxia discussion at October workshop

GUEST COLUMNIST: Rich Pirog on Food and Health core issue: Local food comes of age

New tool estimates markets for 2004 food products nationwide

Iowa Food Cooperative launched in Des Moines shopping center

Agriculture, arts joined through 'Farmscape' play, campus group

NEWS & NOTES:

• Kirschenmann gets Glynwood Center award
• Local food goes to the world
• Leopold Center gets grassland honor
• Black Hawk County project shows high returns
• Iowa Learning Farm videos available

MEETING HIGHLIGHTS

• 2009 Shivvers Memorial Lecture March 1
• Fourth Marketing and Food Systems Initiative Workshop March 30
• FamilyFarmed EXPO
• Quotables: Dr. Preston Maring

 

Published by the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Ames, Iowa 50011, (515) 294-3711
URL: www.leopold.iastate.edu