Category: Featured Articles
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Posted on June 10, 2013
UW-Chinese collaboration seeks to preserve biodiversity in China’s Yunnan province
Not long ago, one of the most biologically and culturally diverse regions on earth—Yunnan Province on China’s southwestern border, with its great river gorges, sweeping […]
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Posted on May 23, 2013
Gluten-free waffle sends UW food team to the finals
When you hear “gluten-free,” great flavor and texture may not be the first things that come to mind. But a new gluten-free raspberry-filled chocolate waffle […]
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Posted on May 7, 2013
CALS leads new project to help dairy farms be greener and more resilient
Agricultural scientists from across the nation are embarking on a new five-year, $10 million, USDA-funded effort to identify dairy production practices that minimize the emission […]
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Posted on April 29, 2013
Wisconsin Farm to School programs: Challenges and rewards
The setting seems unlikely, but Sara Tedeschi discovered one of her life’s passions in a noisy Madison elementary school lunchroom, where she helped as a […]
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Posted on April 23, 2013
Classes in the park unite middle schoolers with college students, nature
Trish O’Kane had reached a dead end. It was her first day teaching a capstone course in environmental studies at the Nelson Institute, and she […]
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Posted on April 8, 2013
CALS students develop new burger patty for Gilly’s Frozen Custard
If you think all ground beef is alike, you need to get beyond the same old grind. Each and every cut of beef that can […]
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Posted on March 18, 2013
The quest to make locally crafted meats as renowned as the state’s artisan cheese
Geiss Meat Service in Merrill, Wisconsin, has been butchering livestock for farmers in Lincoln County and surrounding areas since 1956, cutting about 6,000 pounds of […]
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Posted on March 13, 2013
“Brown gold”: Project turns dairy farm into cellulosic bio-refinery
Driving the search for renewable fuels and chemicals has been the realization that petroleum stores are rapidly dwindling. Now, in the heart of Wisconsin, a […]
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Posted on February 14, 2013
Value of modified corn is more in reducing losses than boosting yields
While there’s no end of robust and heated conversation about genetically modified foods, there are strikingly few comprehensive studies that put a numeric value on […]
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Posted on January 30, 2013
For Wisconsin farmers dealing with wild swings in weather, adaptation is the key
It’s late May, weeks before southern Wisconsin would be locked into a scorching drought, and Kirk Leach BS’78 is worrying about the weather. The grass […]