Category: Food Systems
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Posted on October 13, 2017
Conservation, collaboration, creativity: Grant County farmer charts own path, with a little help from scientist colleagues
You never know where a conversation with Gerry Weiss will drive you. Today, it’s swerved toward fence-line weaning. Whatever that may be. Once explained, however, […]
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Posted on October 12, 2017
Safer native foods: Bacteriologist works with Alaska Natives to keep botulism out of traditional favorites
At the edge of a remote Alaskan peninsula, 30 miles north of the Arctic Circle, lies the city of Kotzebue. Snow-covered in winter and starless […]
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Posted on October 10, 2017
Farmers using UW-built software statewide to cut pollution, plan soil fertility
A software program intended to cut water pollution and soil erosion has matured into an essential production tool for farmers, says Fond du Lac County […]
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Posted on October 6, 2017
The 2017 field and forage crop season – Audio
/RSS FeedDamon Smith, UW-Extension Field Crops Plant Pathologist Department of Plant Pathology University of Wisconsin-Madison, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences damon.smith@wisc.edu 608-286-9706 Total Time: 2:53 […]
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Posted on October 3, 2017
UW wins $7 million grant to wean crops from nitrogen fertilizers
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Florida will use a $7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to study […]
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Center for Dairy Research helps entrepreneur create snack bar for young women
A new line of dairy-based snack bars developed to promote healthy eating and a healthy self-image among young women were created by a UW–Madison alumna […]
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Posted on September 29, 2017
Having cows put proteins into milk, not waste, is researcher’s goal
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has hired a new investigator to look into the case of the misplaced protein. “On average, only about a quarter of […]
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Sustainability in agriculture – Audio
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Jed Colquhoun, Extension Fruit and Vegetable Production Specialist Department of Horticulture UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences colquhoun@wisc.edu 608-852-4513 2:54 – Total time 0:18 […]
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Posted on September 26, 2017
A tale of two cheeses: How the Center for Dairy Research helped Wisconsin makers of vastly different cheeses improve production and quality
Many of the world’s greatest cheeses are made in Wisconsin. It’s a fact that begs the question: How do those cheeses get to be great? […]
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Posted on September 22, 2017
Dried tomatoes tasty alternative to canning – Audio
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Flashback podCALS: This was originally published in September 2012. Barb Ingham, UW-Extension Food Science Specialist Department of Food Science UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life […]
