Speeches and presentations
All speeches and presentations are in pdf format |
. To download and install Acrobat Reader, visit | 8-29-09 | The Next 50 Years: US-Russia Cooperation on Perennializing the Major Crops with the Ecosystems as the Conceptual Tool | Wes Jackson of The Land Institute presented this keynote as part of the Khrushchev in Iowa Celebration at Whiterock Conservancy, Coon Rapids, Iowa. Leopold Center Distinguished Fellow Fred Kirschenmann also provided remarks as president of Whiterock Conservancy. |
| 4-29-09 | Sustainability in the 21st Century: From Greening to Resilience | Presentation, Leopold Center Disgtinguished Fellow Fred Kirschenmann, Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa |
| 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 | 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 |