Category: Economic and Community Development
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Posted on November 20, 2017
Plan, Partner, Promote: Top eight tips to support Wisconsin farmers market outreach and marketing
Farmers markets provide many social, economic, and ecological benefits to farmers and communities. They support local producers, foster community engagement, and have a positive ripple […]
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Posted on November 14, 2017
Curator at ag station helps growers keep close watch on potato health
Potatoes are heaped high in the storage building at the UW–Madison Hancock Agricultural Research Station, situated in the middle of the Central Sands area of […]
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Posted on October 25, 2017
Unintended consequences: Democratic Republic of the Congo
For Dominic Parker, a professor of agricultural and applied economics, a research foray into mining practices in Africa dug up some unexpected findings. Parker wanted […]
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Posted on October 20, 2017
Using agriculture to connect with at-risk youth – Audio
/RSS FeedJoe Muellenberg Dane County UW-Extension Horticulture Program Coordinator UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences 608-224-3709 muellenberg@countyofdane.com 3:01 – Total time 0:21 – Overview of […]
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Posted on October 16, 2017
Early excitement: CALS faculty work with schools to improve science learning
Genetics professor Audrey Gasch BS’94 loves questions. It’s her job as a scientist to ask questions and then seek answers. She also has a passion […]
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Posted on October 12, 2017
Safer native foods: Bacteriologist works with Alaska Natives to keep botulism out of traditional favorites
At the edge of a remote Alaskan peninsula, 30 miles north of the Arctic Circle, lies the city of Kotzebue. Snow-covered in winter and starless […]
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Posted on October 3, 2017
UW wins $7 million grant to wean crops from nitrogen fertilizers
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Florida will use a $7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to study […]
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Center for Dairy Research helps entrepreneur create snack bar for young women
A new line of dairy-based snack bars developed to promote healthy eating and a healthy self-image among young women were created by a UW–Madison alumna […]
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Posted on September 29, 2017
Having cows put proteins into milk, not waste, is researcher’s goal
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has hired a new investigator to look into the case of the misplaced protein. “On average, only about a quarter of […]
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Posted on September 26, 2017
A tale of two cheeses: How the Center for Dairy Research helped Wisconsin makers of vastly different cheeses improve production and quality
Many of the world’s greatest cheeses are made in Wisconsin. It’s a fact that begs the question: How do those cheeses get to be great? […]
