Category: Economic and Community Development
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Posted on June 14, 2016
OGRAIN/MOSES organic grain field day series
High demand for organic livestock feed and food-grade grain along with continued double-digit growth in the organic marketplace are creating opportunities for more farmers to […]
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Posted on May 24, 2016
For senior Marjorie Kersten, the solution to global malnutrition is tiny
Where most of us see creepy crawlers, UW-Madison senior Marjorie Kersten sees the solution to global malnutrition. We’re talking about eating insects—or “entomophagy” if that […]
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Posted on May 20, 2016
Photos from Log-A-Load for Kids Charitable Harvest event at Arlington ARS
This past Tuesday, UW-Madison Arlington Agricultural Research Station hosted a Log-A-Load for Kids Charitable Harvest event that brought around 400 local elementary and middle school […]
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Potato storage research advances – Audio
/RSS FeedTroy Fishler, Manager, Potato Storage Research Facility Hancock Agricultural Research Station UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences troy.fishler@wisc.edu – 715-935-0088 2:59 – Total Time […]
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Posted on May 18, 2016
UW technology key to growth as firm stays in Madison long after sale
Epicentre, a Madison firm that prospered by licensing a biological discovery from the University of Wisconsin—Madison, continues to grow here five years after being sold […]
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Posted on May 5, 2016
Workgroup to address manure irrigation report questions via webinar
Now that people have had a chance to read the Wisconsin Manure Irrigation Workgroup’s 100-plus page report, titled “Considerations for the Use of Manure Irrigation […]
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CALS horticulturalists help sow seeds of community in northern Wisconsin
Just as some seeds yield tomatoes, carrots and lettuce, others grow community and partnership. In a greenhouse in the northern Wisconsin town of Park Falls, […]
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Posted on April 15, 2016
Age-Old Traditions, New Media
There is no better place to begin this story than on an August morning in the remote reaches of the Bad River Ojibwe Reservation, afloat […]
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Posted on April 14, 2016
Wisconsin Manure Irrigation Workgroup report available as resource for citizens and local municipalities
The Wisconsin Manure Irrigation Workgroup, a UW-Madison/UW-Extension-led group tasked with assessing the potential advantages and concerns associated with manure irrigation, released its final report today […]
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Posted on April 6, 2016
Wisconsin Manure Irrigation Workgroup to release report and hold webinar on April 14
A UW-Madison/UW-Extension-led workgroup tasked with assessing manure irrigation practices will share its findings during a webinar held on Thursday, April 14. Immediately following the webinar, […]