Sustainable Agriculture Links

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Henry A. Wallace and his grandfather, Henry Wallace

"To see rich land eaten away by erosion, to stand by as continual cultivation on sloping fields wears away the best soil, is enough to make a good farmer sick at heart."
--H. A. Wallace

There are many units within Iowa State University and many organizations within the Iowa agricultural community that do important work to promote agricultural sustainability. These include:

• Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture
• Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
• Alternative Agriculture in Iowa–ISU Extension and Outreach
• Organic Agriculture–ISU Extension and Outreach
• Live Green–ISU Office of Sustainability
• ISU Bioeconomy Institute
• CALS Sustainability Task Force
• Practical Farmers of Iowa
• Iowa Water Center
• Drake University Agricultural Law Center
• Whiterock Conservancy
• Women, Food, and Agriculture Network
• Iowa Environmental Council

Information about other sustainable agriculture organizations throughout the US can be obtained from lists assembled by the USDA National Agricultural Library (here).