Study examines child labor and the importance of women on farms.

Three University of Wisconsin-Madison students have a better understanding of Native American culture and beliefs after taking a class on representations of Native Americans in the media.

With childhood obesity on the rise, parents are paying more attention to what their children eat at school.

With childhood obesity on the rise, parents are paying more attention to what their children eat at school. The Wisconsin Homegrown Lunch project is working […]

If it weren’t for Judy Peterson, an advisor in the College’s bacteriology department, Lodi native Marc Rott may have never earned his bachelor’s or doctorate in bacteriology years after he had dropped out of college. As a professor of microbiology at UW-La Crosse, Rott now shares his technical knowledge with students and tells them:

Carrie Weeks Vorpagel grew up in the rural community of Walworth. But instead of going off to the city like some of her classmates, she wanted to return to a rural area. Today, Vorpagel lives in Elkhorn, just a few miles from where she was raised, and is making a difference working in area communities.

The 2002 Farm Fresh Atlas helped nearly 30,000 people in the Dane County area buy fresh produce, meat, cheese, and other locally grown food directly from farmers and businesses. Featuring both new and returning farms, the 2003 Atlas promises to be even more successful.

Applications are now being accepted for the 2003 Badger Dairy Camp, June 12 through June 14 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Young dairy experts from Green and Richland counties took top honors at this year’s State 4-H Dairy Bowl, held Feb. 1 in Portage.

Wisconsin net farm income has gone from bad to better and back to bad over the past three years. This year, things will likely improve a bit, predict University of Wisconsin-Madison agricultural economists.