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The Leopold Letter is
published quarterly. Its
mission is to inform diverse audiences about Leopold Center programs and
activities; to encourage increased interest in
and use of sustainable farming practices; and to
stimulate public discussion about sustainable
agriculture in Iowa.
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2008 |
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Spring
2008 |
Stone Barns, 2008 grant projects,
grassed waterway management, Ames Reads Leopold
(with historic family photos), new food
publication, marketing workshop |
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716 KB |
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2007 |
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Winter
2007 |
Spencer Award winner, contract grazing,
supporting livestock producers, rethinking soil,
what Iowans spend on conservation practices,
traveling beyond food miles |
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695 KB |
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Fall
2007 |
What we heard/learned at the 20th Anniversary
conference, sustaining the bioeconomy, new
opportunities in ag, thinking like a community,
Leopold Center work in livestock, consumer
survey |
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700 KB |
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Summer
2007 |
Anniversary conference, Wendell
Berry, Neil Hamilton column, Long-Term
Agro-ecological Research (LTAR), late-spring soil
nitrate test, climate change |
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2005 KB |
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Spring
2007 |
New grant projects, Bear Creek,
Leopold Center's 20th Anniversary, Keeney
column, fire and grazing, crop calculator,
Spencer Award |
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1650 KB |
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2006
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Winter
2006-07 |
DeWitt appointment, cover crops survey, Iowa
Learning Farm, Northeast Iowa Farm and Food
Coalition, food miles, Practical Farmers of Iowa
toast to the Center |
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1540 KB
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Fall 2006 |
Major grant, winter stockpiling, biorenewable
research, policy, Rosmann family, ethanol plants,
grazing prairies |
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1740 KB |
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Summer
2006 |
Field peas, 2006 Spencer Award, agriculture ethic, crop
rotation, CDFIs, CRP Farm |
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1848 KB |
Spring 2006
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New projects, rotations and soil quality, Aldo
Leopold Month, ISU Vice Provost for Extension,
Naturally Iowa, Chinese hoop, ecological footprint |
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2172 KB |
2005
Winter 2005
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Energy and agriculture, farmer cooperatives, hoop
barns for cattle, CSA report, finding Iowa's food
stories, well-traveled yogurt |
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1504 KB |
Fall 2005
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Whiterock Conservancy, Jerry DeWitt, Seeds and
Breeds, Nature's 'little hammers,' triticale,
restaurants built on local foods, heirloom
vegetables |
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1716 KB |
Summer 2005
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Leopold apple, Request for Preproposals, external
costs of agriculture, farmers' markets, like-kind
exchanges, I-FARM model |
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1859 KB |
Spring 2005
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Energy and agriculture, farmer cooperatives, hoop
barns for cattle, CSA report, finding Iowa's food
stories, well-traveled yogurt |
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524 KB |
2004
Winter 2004
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New grass-based program, global ag policy, geography
of taste, Aisan soybean rust, Charlevoix lamb,
newsletter survey results |
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896 KB |
Fall 2004
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Fertilizer application, ecology grants, climate
challenges, niche marketing, farmland ownership,
hoops |
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663 KB |
Summer 2004
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Newsletter readership survey, Marketing RFP, Spencer
Award, Dick and Sharon Thompson, Hoops conference |
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182 KB |
Spring 2004
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Entrepreneurial ag program, P-Index, leafy spurge,
agriculture of the middle, "Buy Fresh Buy Local" |
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804 KB |
2003
Winter 2003
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Policy projects, farm succession, Country Life Commission, ecolabels, sustainable business, Jules Pretty |
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519 KB |
Fall 2003
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Grants, Label Rouge, Life in Iowa, Renewing the Countryside, Australian agriculture, partnering with media, Squaw Creek, field days |
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923 KB |
Summer 2003
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Spencer Award, grass-based dairies,
local food projects, food odometer |
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1120 KB |
Spring 2003
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Ag concentration, Value Chain Partnerships, Hoop Group, Nina Leopold Bradley,
"agriculture of the middle" |
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290 KB |
2002
Winter 2002
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Grants, wetlands, Leopold Scholars, ag concentration, direct marketing, guide to local food |
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524 KB |
Special
Edition
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This special edition summarizes the Center’s response to legislative budget cuts and outlines its mission and three new program areas. |
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334 KB |
Fall 2002
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Leopold Center celebration, Iowa grapes, stock market vs. land values, New Kellogg project |
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366 KB |
Summer 2002
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Open Letter to Iowans, budget cuts, 2002 Farm Bill, natural systems agriculture, Spencer Award, ag policy forum |
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370 KB |
Spring 2002
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Iowa fish kills, pork niche markets, hoops, farm succession, duck power, well-traveled vegetables, poultry grower |
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446 KB |
2001
Winter 2001
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GMO crops, restored wetlands, pork niche markets, hoops, competitive grants |
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387 KB |
Fall 2001
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Call for projects and partners, poultry manure, farm policy, Australian visitors, Rachel Carson |
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431 KB |
Summer 2001
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Competitive grants, budget cuts, local food,
Farm Bill debate, Practical Farmers of Iowa, new
sustainable agriculture award |
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808 KB |
Spring 2001
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Energy, manure management, Pesek forum, LC initiatives |
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311 KB |
2000
Winter 2000
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Switchgrass, biotechnology debate, organic orchard |
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440 KB |
Fall 2000
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Forum on agriculture’s future, air quality, hoop group roundtable |
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666 KB |
Summer 2000
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2001 competitive grants (insert),
new director, rotational grazing, community food
activism |
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471 KB |
Spring 2000
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Production contracts, organic
agriculture, direct marketing |
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609 KB |
1999
Winter 1999
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Producer roundtable ag in
transition, Iowa apples, Wallace Chair, Keeney
retirement |
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574 KB |
Fall 1999
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Nitrates in water, GMOs and farmer
profits, 50 years of A Sand County Almanac (insert) |
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386 KB |
Summer 1999
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2000 competitive grants (insert), farming the Internet, organic pork, hoop conference results |
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322 KB |
Spring 1999
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Conversation with Paul Johnson,
sustainable ag survey, niche marketing for pork |
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258 KB |
1998
Winter 1998
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Contract
agriculture, sustainable ag education, hoop
conference plans |
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217 KB |
Fall 1998
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PFI
partnership, soybean white mold, lessons from China,
defining a farm |
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354 KB |
Summer 1998
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1999
competitive grants, technology, institutional buying
and local foods, remembering Aldo Leopold |
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159 KB |
Spring 1998
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Local food
system projects in Ames, Cedar Falls and Audubon
County, new research team on hoops, Iowa cropping
practices |
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241 KB |
1997
Winter 1997
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European corn
borers, reflections on Year of Water, U.S.
Commission on Small Farms |
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168 KB |
Fall 1997
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CRP and
wireworms, 10th anniversary conference report,
learning communities |
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257 KB |
Summer 1997
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1998
competitive grants, weed management, 10th
anniversary conference plans |
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218 KB |
Spring 1997
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Sustainable
weed management, swine system conference, Year of
Water kickoff |
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200 KB |
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