Category: Food Systems
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Posted on January 17, 2020
Dairy contributions to Wisconsin’s economy – Audio
Mark Stephenson, Extension Dairy Policy Analyst Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences mwstephenson@wisc.edu (608) 890-3755 Total Time – […]
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Posted on January 16, 2020
School for Beginning Apple Growers Offered in March
The Midwest School for Beginning Apple Growers, a three-day workshop for people wanting to start an orchard business, will be offered March 6-8 on the […]
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Posted on January 14, 2020
Register for Wisconsin Cut Flower Growers School
Flowers are a crop that can be profitably grown on a small plot of land. Successful operations require savvy marketing, astute pricing, and efficient methods […]
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Posted on January 10, 2020
Wisconsin’s dairy industry in 2019 and 2020 – Audio
Mark Stephenson, Extension Dairy Policy Analyst Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension and the College of Agricultural and Life […]
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Posted on December 28, 2019
More green, less greenhouse gas: Sustainable dairy project finds ways to lower emissions while increasing profits
In 2013, the $10 million Dairy Coordinated Agricultural Project, or Dairy CAP, set out to assess the greenhouse gas contributions of the dairy industry and […]
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Posted on December 13, 2019
UW–Madison student project aims to save food, reduce food insecurity
It’s late Thursday afternoon, and seven UW–Madison undergraduates are spending about an hour scooping jasmine rice and a lemon-grass tofu-vegetable dish into single-use plastic containers. […]
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Posted on December 9, 2019
2020 OGRAIN Organic Grain Winter Conference set for Jan. 24-25
Farmers with interest in organic row crop and small grain production should plan to attend the fifth annual OGRAIN (Organic Grain Resource and Information Network) […]
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Posted on December 2, 2019
2020 Wisconsin Agricultural Outlook Forum to focus on industrial hemp
The business and marketing of Wisconsin industrial hemp will be the special focus of the upcoming Wisconsin Agricultural Outlook Forum, which is set for Tuesday, […]
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Posted on November 14, 2019
Students’ innovative chickpea dessert earns silver in national food development contest
Delicious desserts may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of chickpeas, but a team of food science students have […]
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Posted on November 12, 2019
Dairy Innovation Hub launches, convenes advisory council to guide efforts
On Thursday, November 7, the deans of the colleges of agriculture at UW–Madison, UW–Platteville and UW–River Falls formally launched the newly funded Dairy Innovation Hub […]