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Sustainable Agriculture Policy Initiative
Download the rfp file: 2010RFP_policy.pdf.
The Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture was established by the Iowa Legislature as part
of the Iowa Groundwater Protection Act of 1987. Its legislatively mandated mission is to
identify and reduce negative environmental and socio-economic impacts of agricultural
practices, contribute to the development of profitable farming systems that conserve natural
resources, and cooperate with Iowa State University Extension to inform the public of new
findings.
The Center’s work is organized in three initiative areas—ecology, marketing and food systems,
and policy—each aimed at enhancing the condition and viability of Iowa’s natural resources in
varying, yet integrated ways. Each initiative has a separate section in this RFP
