Category: Food Systems
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Posted on April 22, 2014
Student teams from across the nation compete for Agricultural Innovation Prize
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will host 30 teams of undergraduate and graduate students from across the country this week for the national Agricultural Innovation Prize. […]
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Posted on April 18, 2014
Open Source Seed Initiative rollout draws national interest
Last Thursday’s rollout event for the Open Source Seed Initiative got quite a bit of attention. Local media turned out in droves, and the event […]
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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 […]
