Category: Food Systems
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Posted on January 5, 2016
UW-Madison to discontinue dairy sheep program
The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison plans to close its dairy sheep research program housed at the Spooner […]
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Posted on December 18, 2015
Workshop to explore transportation innovations for regional food systems
Moving food from rural areas to large metropolitan regions is an expensive proposition. People across the supply chain, from regional shippers and distributors to planners […]
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Posted on December 10, 2015
Five things everyone should know about…nutmeg
1. It’s not a nut. Nutmeg is the seed kernel inside a yellow fruit of the nutmeg tree, an evergreen native to the Molucca Islands […]
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Posted on December 9, 2015
School for Beginning Market Growers offered in January
The Wisconsin School for Beginning Market Growers, a three-day workshop for anyone planning to start a fresh market vegetable farm, will be offered Jan. 8-10, […]
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Posted on December 8, 2015
New way to make yeast hybrids may inspire new brews, biofuels
About 500 years ago, the accidental natural hybridization of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the yeast responsible for things like ale, wine and bread, and a distant yeast cousin […]
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Posted on December 4, 2015
Organic grain production and marketing course offered in January
With organic grain prices as much as three times higher than conventional prices and demand for organic grain far outstripping supply, opportunities abound in this […]
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Posted on November 24, 2015
No axes to grind as U of M and UW students solve dairy management issues together
Students from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Minnesota replaced their rivalry with camaraderie during the 2015 Badger Dairy Challenge on Oct. 23-24. […]
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Posted on November 18, 2015
Farmers across the Midwest benefit from UW – Vita Plus connections
It’s a crisp fall day as Augusta Hagen drives south of Monroe, Wisconsin into Illinois. Mahon Farms Dairy is just across the state line in […]
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Posted on November 11, 2015
Art for fruit’s sake
Look closely at the watermelon in this painting by seventeenth-century Italian artist Giovanni Stanchi. Yes, that watermelon, in the lower right corner: with its light […]
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Posted on November 9, 2015
Wisconsin: No.1 cranberry producer in the world
October was harvesting time for cranberry farmers in Wisconsin. Aided by UW-Madison research, cranberry bushes are producing higher yields with heartier and sweeter berries, with a shorter time […]