Category: Food Systems
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Posted on April 23, 2018
Five things everyone should know about switchel
1. Switchel is an apple cider vinegar-based beverage. It also contains water and other ingredients such as ginger or honey. Maple syrup, molasses, and fruit juice […]
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Posted on April 16, 2018
Discovering the world of wine and vines – Audio
/RSS FeedAmaya Atucha, Extension Fruit Crop Specialist Department of Horticulture UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences atucha@wisc.edu (608) 262-6452 More information about this class: https://horticulture.wisc.edu/2018/03/05/winesandvines/ 2:47 – […]
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Posted on April 11, 2018
Fermentation education: A new certificate program gives students a competitive edge in a burgeoning market
As the one and only enologist, or wine scientist, on the UW–Madison campus, a large part of Nick Smith’s job is guiding a group of hopeful […]
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Posted on April 4, 2018
Checking the gas: From barn to field, researcher follows dairy cows’ greenhouse gas footprints
Sometimes dairy scientist Michel Wattiaux approaches his research like a cop at a traffic stop. He uses a breath analyzer to check for problematic products […]
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Posted on March 12, 2018
Quite a mouthful: Mexican graduate student joins UW-Madison cheese judges at world championships
Judging the world’s best cheeses is essentially a search for defects, says Luis Alejandro Jiménez-Maroto, after a day of judging burrata, flavored pasteurized process cheese […]
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Posted on March 9, 2018
Weather station network aids with 2018 growing season – Audio
/RSS FeedAmaya Atucha, Extension Fruit Crop Specialist Department of Horticulture UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences atucha@wisc.edu 608-262-6452 3:09 – Total time 0:11 – How to prepare […]
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Posted on February 23, 2018
Supporting local farmers market is all about sharing
While farmers markets are popular in Wisconsin, some markets struggle with profitability or the ability to grow and support more local farmers. New research from […]
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Posted on February 22, 2018
GreenHouse program coordinator blends sustainability, student life
Teaching about agriculture and sustainability during semesters filled with classes and tests is hard enough. It’s even harder when most students are gone for the […]
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Posted on February 13, 2018
Catching a ‘silent’ cow killer: A simpler detection system to help dairy farmers stay ahead of a costly disease
Mitch Breunig BS’92 has been around dairy cows long enough — all his life, to be exact — to suspect something was amiss with two […]