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| Senior Associate Dean Joe Colletti and Wendy Wintersteen, dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, champions of the New Century Farm. |
Iowa State University’s New Century Farm is no longer just an idea on paper. At this writing, ground has been broken, earth moved and footings placed.
A passion for practical perennialsEmily Heaton may best be known for holding the measuring stick in the popular photo of giant Miscanthus. But she is also a key addition to Iowa State University’s efforts to build the new practical farm.
Is food the new crude?"In October 2006, the world suddenly recognized the energy value of grains," says Dermot Hayes, leader of the Plant Sciences Institute’s Public Policy Task Force, Pioneer Hi-Bred Chair of Agribusiness and professor in the Departments of Economics and Finance. Now, along with an enormous surge in ethanol-producing capacity, a tug-of-war between fuel and food markets (which includes animal feed) has begun.
Growing upIt’s not easy growing up. That’s as true for plants as it is for animals. Passing through the transitions in life is as important for plants as it is for humans.
