Summer 2009 Vol. 21 No. 2

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Leopold Center Policy Initiative invests in land tenure program

Leopold Center studies denitrifying bioreactors – possible help for Gulf ‘dead zone’

DIRECTOR Q&A: What changes do you see taking place in how people view agriculture?

TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE: The dangers of too much certainty

Local food, local government: Farm to Fork program a success

GUEST COLUMNIST:  Francis Thicke on Livestock and Diversity: Learning from Iowa’s past

Producers extend crop seasons using high tunnel production

Center’s research summaries now available on-line only

Center seeks 2009 pre-proposals for projects

New volume touts eternal value of grassland to agriculture

GUEST COLUMNIST:Following Leopold into your own wilderness

NEWS & NOTES:

• Climate change glossary
• New Leopold visiting faculty program
• Grass-based group initiates new projects
• New grazing publications available

MEETING HIGHLIGHTS

• Leopold staff, board tour livestock facilities
• Postharvest handling workshops
• Neely-Kinyon organic field day
• Whiterock Conservancy celebration
• October 27 Pesek Colloquium

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