If you’re wondering what it takes to raise fresh produce for farmers markets, restaurants, groceries and schools, consider attending the 2008 Wisconsin School for Beginning Market Growers, Jan. 18-20 on the UW-Madison campus.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Farm & Industry Short Course dairy judging team placed second in the North American International Livestock Exposition (NAILE) Two-year division in […]

Prospective students have until Nov. 23 to apply for the Ice Cream Makers Short Course on Dec. 5-7, sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Food Science.

Zahi K. Atallah has developed a test that will enable farmers to better separate potatoes fit for long-term storage from those that are not

In anticipation of the candy season – those sugar-packed months stretching from Halloween through Easter, marked by a succession of candy corn, chocolate turkeys, ribbon candy, candy hearts and chocolate eggs – UW-Madison food scientist Rich Hartel answers some questions about candy and the candy business.

The UW-Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems has been named as lead agency in a six-state area for a new national program to encourage schools to serve more locally grown food.

Operators of large confinement dairy farms and those who employ management intensive grazing systems express equal satisfaction with the quality of their lives. And they are more satisfied than those who operate smaller confinement farms or less intensive grazing operations, according to a survey of 1,300 Wisconsin dairy farmers

When the University of Wisconsin football Badgers take the field this fall, they will have a secret weapon behind them: Wisconsin’s dairy cows. Sure, they might not run very well or catch a football, but cows supply one of the key ingredients in a sports recovery drink that the Badgers use to bounce back from strenuous workouts and practices.

Prospective students have until Nov. 23 to apply for the Ice Cream Makers Short Course on Dec. 5-7, sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department […]

Since it was established in 1993, the Wisconsin Meat Industry Hall of Fame has served as a portal to the history of the state”s meat […]