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Broadening the Communities to Which We Belong: Iowa, Agriculture, and the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Obrycki, John F.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1209177917

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2008, Bachelor of Philosophy, Miami University, School Of Interdisciplinary Studies - Environmental Studies.
It is the argument of this project that the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University provides a model* for an institutionalized approach to agricultural issues. Located at a land-grant university, created through legislative action, and currently operating on a budget of $2 million, the Center’s approach to agricultural issues is a combination of economic, social, political, and ecological concerns that seeks to find production alternatives that are beneficial in the long-run for people and the planet. Furthermore, the Center brings together a broadly based agricultural community comprised of those within and outside of university settings to effectively conceptualize issues and enact change. Established in 1987 and named after Aldo Leopold, an important conservationist and wildlife management expert in the first half of the twentieth century, learning more about the Center’s research efforts sheds insight into the current structure of the American agricultural system and the opportunities and limitations that exist in striving to shift the system towards more sustainable production methods. A dual practical and philosophical approach to fostering change in Iowa’s farming system forms the foundation of the Center’s efforts. The asterisk represents the constraints to the Center as a model from economic, social, and political factors. However, during the past 20 years the Center and the research it funds have been able to overcome some of these obstacles. The Center deserves closer investigation due to its wide-reaching implications and lessons for shifting agricultural production practices towards more sustainable methods.
Hays Cummins, PhD (Advisor)
Kevin Armitage, PhD (Advisor)
William Newell, PhD (Advisor)
148 p.
Agriculture; History
Iowa; sustainable agriculture; farming; Leopold Center; groundwater; Aldo Leopold

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  • Obrycki, J. F. (2008). Broadening the Communities to Which We Belong: Iowa, Agriculture, and the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture [Undergraduate thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1209177917

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Obrycki, John. Broadening the Communities to Which We Belong: Iowa, Agriculture, and the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture. 2008. Miami University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1209177917.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Obrycki, John. "Broadening the Communities to Which We Belong: Iowa, Agriculture, and the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture." Undergraduate thesis, Miami University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1209177917

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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