The Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture invites you to join us for:

"Striving Toward a Perennial and Regenerative Iowa"

with 

Dr. Lisa Schulte Moore

I have worked collaboratively on research to support the expansion of continuous living cover within Iowa’s row-crop dominated landscapes since my arrival at ISU, which was now a long time ago in 2003. I will share a few key findings from the research, and what my teams and I have been able to accomplish as a result. I will close by offering a framework for collective leadership toward positive outcomes for people and nature.

Dr. Lisa Schulte Moore is a professor in the Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management and co-director of the Bioeconomy Institute at Iowa State University. She conducts research and teaches in the areas of agriculture, ecology, forestry and human-landscape interactions. Her research addresses the integration of continuous living cover into agricultural landscapes to support new markets and to meet societal goals for clean water, healthy soils, abundant wildlife and inspiring recreational opportunities. She works to return more of the value from agricultural supply chains to rural communities and the land, and develops relationships and institutional capacity so diverse groups of people can more effectively work together. 

Dr. Schulte Moore is co-founder of the Science-based Trials of Rowcrops Integrated with Prairie Strips (STRIPS) project, which developed the prairie strips conservation practice. She is also lead developer of People in Ecosystems/ Watershed Integration (PEWI), a simple web-based educational game designed to help people understand human impacts on the environment and improve the management of natural resources. She directs C-CHANGE, an Iowa State University Presidential Interdisciplinary Research Initiative and USDA-NIFA Sustainable Agricultural Systems project.

Striving Toward a Perennial and Regenerative Iowa Video (Echo360)