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Speeches and presentations

All speeches and presentations are in pdf fomat . To download and install Acrobat Reader, visit Adobe's web site. Other work done by Leopold Center staff is on the Center Staff Papers page.
 

June 2008 It starts with the soil and organic agriculture can help Presentation, Leopold Center Distinguished Fellow Fred Kirschenmann, 16th International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) Organic World Congress, Modena, Italy
3-25-08 Advancing the frontier of sustainable agriculture in our universities Keynote presentation, Leopold Center Director Jerry DeWitt, SARE's 20th Anniversary New American Farm Conference, Kansas City, Missouri (SARE is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program)
3-12-08 A vision for Iowa agriculture Presentation, Distinguished Fellow Fred Kirschenmann, 26th Annual Chamber Ag Breakfast, North Iowa Fairgrounds, Mason City, Iowa [links to Mason City Globe Gazette article with audio recording]
11-29-07 Meeting agriculture's challenges in a rapidly changing world
 
Keynote presentation, Leopold Center Distinguished Fellow Fred Kirschenmann, 2007 Focus on Farming conference, Lynnwood, Washington (watch streaming video of his hour-long presentation on state public affairs network)
October 2007 Food miles and fossil fuel use in food distribution Presentation, Leopold Center Associate Director Rich Pirog, from a  Symposium on Critical Issues and Research Methods in Food Life Cycle Assessment, University of California-Davis
06-23-07

 

Meeting the agricultural challenges of the 21st century with a little help from Liberty Hyde Bailey

 

Presentation and paper, Leopold Center Distinguished Fellow Fred Kirschenmann, Ag History Society Conference, Ames, Iowa
06-10-06 Revitalizing rural communities: How churches can help Speech, Leopold Center Distinguished Fellow Fred Kirschenmann, Annual meeting of the Northern Plains Conference of the United Church of Christ, Bismarck, North Dakota
02-17-06 The pleasure of good eating Keynote address, Leopold Center Distinguished Fellow Fred Kirschenmann, Annual meeting of the Food Alliance, Portland, Oregon
01-15-05 Strategies for mid-sized farmers Powerpoint, Leopold Center Associate Director Mike Duffy, Annual conference of Practical Farmers of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
11-16-05 Energy Efficiency as an Integral Part of Sustainable Agriculture Powerpoint, Leopold Center Marketing and Food Systems Initiative Leader Rich Pirog, American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy Forum on Energy Efficiency in Agriculture, Des Moines, Iowa
11-03-04 Agriculture of the Middle Powerpoint presentation prepared by the Agriculture of the Middle task force, convened by Leopold Center director Fred Kirschenmann
10-12-04 A new science for a new agriculture Speech, Fred Kirschenmann, Mountain Sky conference, Evidence Based, Opinion Based and Real World Agriculture and Medicine, Bozeman, Montana
07-19-04 Food miles and consumer perceptions of locally grown foods Presentation, Rich Pirog, Society for Nutrition Education annual conference, Salt Lake City, Utah
03-24-04 Being At Home Lecture, Fred Kirschenmann, Journey's Home Lecture Series, Washington College Center for Environment and Society, Chestertown, Maryland
09-07-03 New seeds and breeds for a new revolution in agriculture Presentation, Fred Kirschenmann, Seeds and Breeds Conference in Washington, D.C.
08-27-03 Is there a future in farming? Presentation, Fred Kirschenmann, Iowa Farm and Field Fest, Boone, Iowa [handouts only]
06-27-03 Leopold Center update Presentation, Fred Kirschenmann, ISU President's Council [overheads only]
06-02-03 Technologies for a sustainable future Plenary, Fred Kirschenmann, National Agricultural Biotechnology Council, Seattle, Washington
03-25-03 Toward an agricultural research agenda for the 21st century Lecture, Fred Kirschenmann, ISU Department of Agronomy Baker Council, Ames, Iowa
01-06-03 And Then What? Attending to the context of our innovations Seminar, Fred Kirschenmann, ISU Department of Chemical Engineering 2002-2003 series, Ames, Iowa 
12-05-02 What constitutes sound science? Lecture, Fred Kirschenmann, Iowa State University Sigma Xi , Ames, Iowa
10-21-02 Reflections, encouragement and inspiration for Iowa agriculture Speech, Fred Kirschenmann, Celebration of the Leopold Center for its vision, leadership and support for a better Iowa, Des Moines
10-05-02 Institutional buying models and local food markets: The Iowa experience Presentation, Rich Pirog, Farm to Cafeteria: Healthy Farms, Healthy Students, Seattle, Washington
05-03-02 A revolution in agriculture Presentation, Fred Kirschenmann, Connecting communities, farmers and food, Glynwood Center, Cold Spring, New York 
04-25-02 The Future of Agrarianism: Where are we now? Keynote address, Fred Kirschenmann, The Future of Agrarianism: Considering the Unsettling of America 25 years later, Georgetown College, Georgetown, Kentucky
12-09-01 Institutional local food markets: The Iowa experience Presentation, Rich Pirog, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
12-05-01 Who benefits from biotechnology? Presentation, Michael Duffy, American Seed Trade Association, Chicago, Illinois
12-18-01 A Pig's Tale: Marketing stories for new value chains

Overheads

Keynote address, Fred Kirschenmann, Niche and Value Added Marketing: What's in it for You?, Ames, Iowa
06-27-01 Agriculture's uncertain future: Unfortunate demise or timely opportunity? Keynote address, Fred Kirschenmann, Strategic Planning, University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
06-26-01 Research on the Farm: Challenges for the 21st century Keynote address, Fred Kirschenmann, Iowa State University Northeast Research Farm Silver Anniversary Field Day, Nashua, Iowa
03-27-01 Research needs in agriculture

Overheads

Testimony, Fred Kirschenmann, U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry hearing on research, extension and education title of the upcoming Farm Bill, Washington, D.C.
03-24-01 Current situation in agriculture; Issues for the Farm Bill Testimony, Mike Duffy, U.S. Senate field hearing for the upcoming Farm Bill, Spencer, Iowa
09-12-00 Questions we aren't asking in agriculture Lecture, Fred Kirschenmann, 2003 Shivers Lecture, Gamma Sigma Delta, Ames, Iowa
05-31-98 Translating the Leopold legacy to Iowa agriculture Keynote, 1998 Prairie Festival, The Land Institute, Salina, Kansas
 

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