Lauren Asprooth


Several current and former members of HLA participated in the Soil and Water Conservation Society meeting in Costa Mesa, CA, where they presented the Diverse Corn Belt symposium. Attendees included Seth Harden (Purdue graduate), Brennan Radulski (HLA post-doc), Linda Prokopy (former HLA faculty), J. Arbuckle (Iowa State), Emily DeaKyne (HLA staff), Sarah Church (former Purdue…Read more about Diverse Corn Belt Team Showcases Project at SWCS Meeting[Read More]


Lauren Asprooth and Ashley Adair presented a DCB update and facilitated a panel discussion called “Extended Crop Rotations with the Diverse Corn Belt Project” at the annual Marbleseed Organic Farming Conference on February 22nd in La Crosse, WI. There were about 30 people in attendance for the session. The 5 panelists covered topics ranging from…Read more about Diverse Corn Belt Project Highlighted at Marbleseed Organic Farming Conference[Read More]




The Diverse Corn Belt project is pleased to announce the open-access publication of “‘Safer to Plant Corn and Beans?’ Navigating the Challenges and Opportunities of Agricultural Diversification in the U.S. Corn Belt” in Agriculture and Human Values. Led by former HLA postdoc, Rebecca Traldi, the paper includes several HLA co-authors: Lauren Asprooth, Emily Usher, Elizabeth Maynard, Aaron…Read more about New Publication from the Diverse Corn Belt Team[Read More]


HLA’s Diverse Corn Belt Team (Linda Prokopy, Aaron Thompson, Ishraq Awashra, Lauren Asprooth, and Emily Usher) conducted a successful “Reimagining Agricultural Diversification” meeting with farmers, advisors and other ag stakeholders in Champaign, Illinois.


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