Leopold Center
An Iowa State University research team has discovered that strategically adding a little bit of prairie back onto the agricultural landscape can result in many benefits – in water and soil quality, habitat for wildlife and pollinators, as well as opportunities for biomass production. Learn more about this new conservation practice and the excitement it is generating both within and outside Iowa. [www.prairiestrips.org or www.leopold.iastate.edu/stripsthemovie]
Agriculture ... Use of Prairie Strips
Iowa’s farmers – and American eaters – need a national discussion on transforming US agriculture ... excellent piece from Lisa Schulte Moore ... Professor of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Iowa State University