The following appeared in the Iowa State Daily on March 1, 2018. Invest in sustainable agriculture Lydia English, graduate student in agronomy I moved to Iowa to study sustainable agriculture. Like many of my millennial peers, my hope for the future helps me navigate my life decisions. None of us can save the whole world,… Read More
Kristine Lang and Carly McAndrews: Don’t silence the Leopold Center
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The following originally appeared in the Ames Tribune on March 7, 2018. Don’t silence the Leopold Center As we were searching for agricultural research programs across the United States, the Leopold Center drew us to Iowa, where we are now graduate students of Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University. We are not alone – other… Read More
Daniel Rosmann: Economic impact of Leopold Center has been immeasurable
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The following originally appeared in The Des Moines Register on March 1, 2018. Economic impact of the Leopold Center has been immeasurable Daniel Rosmann As a young farmer, I often worry about what kind of future my wife and I and our two children will have in our rural community in western Iowa. Like so… Read More
Show up March 9th for the Leopold Center’s future!
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Show up for the Leopold Center! The Leopold Center’s advisory board meeting is March 9th. This is a public meeting, with time for public comment. We need a big crowd there to show ISU leaders and state legislators that we are serious about public funding for public agricultural science in Iowa, and know that a… Read More
Tell Your State Legislator Why We Need the Leopold Center
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Let your state legislator know why a fully-funded, fully-staffed Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture is important to you and important to Iowa’s future. We’ve posted some talking points below. You can find your state legislator here. Re-fund, re-build, and re-imagine the Leopold Center! The Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture was founded in 1987 through bipartisan… Read More
Make Iowa Great Again-Restore Leopold Center: Paul Johnson
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The following op-ed originally appeared in the Des Moines Register on February 9th, 2018. Make Iowa great again — restore Leopold Center funding by Paul W. Johnson Aldo Leopold was born in Burlington, Ia., in 1887. He died in 1948 while fighting a grass fire on his neighbor’s farm. He and his wife, Estella, are… Read More
Opportunity to Rebuild Leopold: Ralph Rosenberg
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The following op-ed originally appeared in the Storm Lake Times on Friday, February 9th, 2018 Opportunity to rebuild Leopold by Ralph Rosenberg On Tuesday, Feb. 6, a press event was held in the Wallace State Office building in Des Moines. Its purpose was to publicize an effort by Iowans to call for a new Leopold Center for… Read More
Imagine a Funded Leopold Center: David Osterberg
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This blog was originally posted on the Iowa Policy Project’s blog on February 5, 2018 Imagine a funded Leopold Center Farmers, students and former students at Iowa State University, researchers and advocates for a sustainable agriculture in this state are gathering at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 6, in the Wallace Building auditorium northwest of the Iowa… Read More