Category: Food Systems
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Posted on June 24, 2021
Six-legged livestock could solve food shortages — sustainably
In the Midwest, we’re used to seeing big fields dotted with cattle and steel barns bustling with broiler chickens. Beef, poultry, and pork are common […]
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Posted on June 16, 2021
Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company and UW–Madison launch Diversity in Brewing Award
The Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company announced today the launch of the Jake Leinenkugel Diversity in Brewing Award. The award will support students from underrepresented groups […]
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Posted on May 19, 2021
Forward BIOLABS, with UW-Madison, bolsters Wisconsin biohealth sector
From February through June, we will highlight the ways that UW–Madison powers the state’s economy through research and innovation, educates the next generation and reaches […]
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Posted on April 29, 2021
From Malawi to UW and back: Student commencement speaker Lusayo Mwakatika advances agriculture in his homeland
Lusayo Mwakatika grew his first garden at the age of 14. He harvested his own vegetables, sold them to friends and neighbors, and used the […]
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Posted on April 21, 2021
Center for Dairy Research partners with entrepreneur on innovative, milk permeate-based sports drink
GoodSport, a new sports drink developed in part at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Center for Dairy Research, has the potential to turn the sports hydration […]
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Posted on April 20, 2021
UW students team up to develop innovative solutions to dairy industry challenges
Cold milk has long been offered alongside a lunch or snack in elementary schools. Over the years, the vessel for that milk has remained the […]
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Posted on April 14, 2021
Media advisory: New report on farmer attitudes toward nitrate contamination of ground water
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison recently produced a report about farmers’ attitudes toward nitrate contamination of ground water and the agricultural practices required to […]
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Posted on April 7, 2021
UW–Madison course offers a taste of many cultures
How does the American ideal of healthy eating exclude other cultures? That was the question posed to students by University of Wisconsin–Madison instructor Erika Anna […]
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Posted on March 23, 2021
Farm and Industry Short Course de UW-Madison anuncia una garantía de matrícula para estudiantes con ingresos familiares por debajo de $60,000
La capacitación de los granjeros del futuro en las técnicas más recientes del manejo y producción basadas en la ciencia es el fundamento de la […]
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Posted on March 16, 2021
Wild potatoes tapped for late blight guard duty
Distant cousins of cultivated potato may hold the key to unlocking new sources of resistance to the tuber crop’s most devastating disease, late blight. That’s […]