Category: Food Systems
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Posted on April 15, 2014
Novel Open Source Seed Pledge aims to keep new vegetable and grain varieties free for all
This week, scientists, farmers and sustainable food systems advocates will gather on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus to celebrate an unusual group of honored guests: […]
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Posted on April 10, 2014
Scientists firm up origin of cold-adapted yeasts that make cold beer
As one of the most widely consumed and commercially important beverages on the planet, one would expect the experts to know everything there is to […]
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Posted on March 28, 2014
Breeding the best potato – Audio
/RSS FeedPotato breeding at Rhinelander Photos from Rhinelander Station found here: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjHWuf7H Bryan Bowen Rhinelander Agricultural Research Station UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences bdbowen@facstaff.wisc.edu […]
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Posted on March 27, 2014
Meat Industry Hall of Fame inducts two
Two individuals with outstanding lifetime contributions to the meat business are set to be inducted into the Wisconsin Meat Industry Hall of Fame at a […]
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Posted on March 24, 2014
Certified seed potatoes for Kenya
When scientists in Kenya needed help developing a certification program for seed potatoes, a CALS plant pathologist stepped up to the task. The new […]
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Posted on March 21, 2014
Farming gets precise – Audio
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Precision farming now and the future Brian Luck, Extension Agricultural Engineer Department Of Biological Systems Engineering UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences bluck@wisc.edu (608) […]
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Posted on March 14, 2014
Assessing runoff risk – Audio
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Risk assessment tool aids manure management Laura Good, Associate Scientist Department of Soil Science UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences lwgood@wisc.edu Phone (608) 262-9894 […]
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Posted on March 11, 2014
Paradigm shifts, great discoveries and shining moments
In honor of the CALS Quasquicentennial, the cover story in the new issue of Grow magazine includes accounts of a dozen paradigm shifts, great discoveries and shining […]
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Posted on March 10, 2014
UW-Madison dairy science department to hold spring visit day April 11
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Dairy Science invites prospective students and their parents to visit campus on Friday, April 11, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., to explore […]
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Posted on March 7, 2014
UW Farm and Industry Short Course holds preview day on April 11
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Farm and Industry Short Course invites high school students and their parents to a Preview Day on campus on April 11. Prospective students will […]
