Category: Economic and Community Development
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Posted on August 6, 2013
Seeding an organic future: Developing new plant varieties for the organic market
As a wicker basket containing old, faded seed packets made its way around the room, Tom Stearns asked each person to grab a packet and […]
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Posted on August 5, 2013
Better Fishing and Hunting: CALS undergrads apply ingenuity to classic Wisconsin pursuits
When his grandfather would complain to him about the difficulty of fishing on choppy days out on Green Bay, biological systems engineering student Justin Vannieuwenhoven […]
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Posted on July 29, 2013
Corpse flower to bloom at D.C. Smith Greenhouse this week
The Titan Arum plant, or corpse flower, in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s D.C. Smith Greenhouse is set to bloom this week. The mature flower of […]
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Jessie Potterton named interim director of UW Farm and Industry Short Course
Jessie Potterton has been named as interim director of the Farm and Industry Short Course (FISC) in the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural and […]
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Posted on July 2, 2013
UW’s Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research educates Whole Foods cheesemongers
Three-dozen cheesemongers from Whole Foods Markets came to Babcock Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus June 25–28 for a four-day, hands-on introduction to the art and […]
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Posted on June 27, 2013
U.S. dairy farms are converging into “cow islands”
The nation’s dairy cows are moving closer together. Cows and milk production have shifted north and west, farther from cities, to converge in what economist […]
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Posted on June 10, 2013
Field to Food Bank program
This video, which played on the Big Ten Network in early June, describes an innovative program to move surplus vegetables that were being left to […]
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UW-Extension announces launch of educational video channel
University of Wisconsin-Extension announced the launch of a new online educational video channel (http://uwexvideochannel.org) to extend its mission of providing access to university resources and […]
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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
Logan Wells
When CALS sophomore Logan Wells tells you he spends his spare time sawing logs, he doesn’t mean he’s catching up on sleep. He’s actually out […]