The following op-ed originally appeared in the Des Moines Register. GOP wants businesses to control environmental research It’s all about priorities. That’s what Rep. Pat Grassley, Republican from New Hartford, said Monday about his party’s plan to root out centers for environmental research at two state universities. “We have to make these tough decisions, and… Read More
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Basche: Sustainable Agriculture on the Chopping Block in Iowa
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This blog originally appeared on the website of Union for Concerned Scientists. Photo: Iowa State University/Lisa Schulte Moore Sustainable Agriculture on the Chopping Block in Iowa Andrea Basche, Kendall Science Fellow | April 17, 2017, 1:08 pm EDT There has been unsettling news out of my former home over the last week, as the… Read More
Public Science Under Attack: Iowa State University’s Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
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This blog written by four Iowa State University graduates originally appeared on Food First’s website. Public Science Under Attack: Iowa State University’s Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture Ahna Kruzic, Andrea Basche, Angie Carter and Gabrielle Roesch-McNally 04.17.2017 Photo by David Cornwell, CC / BY All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise: that the… Read More
IA State Daily Editorial Board: Leopold Center gutting unfair to farmers
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This editorial originally appeared in the Iowa State Daily on Monday, April 17th. Editorial: Leopold Center gutting unfair to farmers Has the Iowa Legislature lost its mind? Has it forgone all reason and logic in the final weeks of its session? We ask these questions because it is purely idiotic to think that cutting funding… Read More
Celebrate and support Leopold Center
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This letter to the editor originally appeared in the Des Moines Register on Sunday, April 16th. (Photo: Contributed/Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture/STRIPS Research Team) The Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture is a sound investment for all Iowans, which has so many questioning why it is on the chopping block. Over the last 30 years,… Read More
Leopold Center has history of promoting positive change
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This post originally appeared as a letter to the editor of the Des Moines Register on April 16th, 2017. I read with dismay about the state Legislature’s proposed budget that would eliminate funding for the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture in Ames [More cuts weighed to education spending, April 12]. As a Ph.D. student in agronomy at… Read More
613 Sign On to Support the Leopold Center
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Since Tuesday evening, April 11th to Sunday afternoon, April 16th, over 613 supporters of the Leopold Center have signed a petition created by former graduate students urging legislators fund the center. They represent the many who benefit from the ecological, social, and economic benefit of the Center’s continued research and partnership with new and beginning… Read More
ISU Alumni Share Their Stories
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The Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture is an important hub of interdisciplinary, hands-on, community-based research training the next generation of farmers, teachers, scientists, and community leaders. We collected some stories from current and former ISU College of Ag and Life Sciences students that make clear the importance of the Center’s continued work We were not… Read More
ISU students & alumni, we need your stories!
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We’ve been asked to share how the Leopold Center has benefited us and Iowa at large through our research. This will be shared with legislators and entered into testimony. Here is the request: We need your story about what you did/are doing with the Leopold Center and how you are working in the field now… Read More
Public Hearing Monday 10 am: We need you there!
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Your phone calls worked! There will be a public hearing! We need you in Des Moines on Monday, April 17th at 10 am in Room 103 (the former Supreme Court Chamber) to tell our legislators why the Leopold Center MUST remain funded. This is our ONLY chance to give public testimony about why the Leopold… Read More