Category: Food Systems
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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 […]
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Posted on September 8, 2017
Farm to Flavor dinner showcases vegetables bred for flavor
For these vegetables, flavor is king. No bland carrots or tasteless tomatoes allowed. Only deep, earthy beets, rich sweet corn and bright kale were fit […]
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Posted on August 22, 2017
UW team’s “virtual dairy farm brain” aims to help farmers make smarter decisions
There’s a failure to communicate on Mitch Breunig’s dairy farm. The problem doesn’t involve people—Breunig and his crew share information just fine. It has to […]
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Posted on August 21, 2017
Shaping the future of farming: The Wisconsin Crop Innovation Center to serve as an incubator for agricultural improvement
Thirty-five years ago, when CALS bacteriologist Winston Brill and his colleagues set out to exploit science’s newfound ability to manipulate genes to confer new traits […]
