Category: Food Systems
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Posted on October 25, 2013
Media advisory: Potato Variety Harvest Expo Oct. 30-31 at Hancock Ag Research Station
Editors and broadcasters are invited to attend the 2013 Potato Variety Harvest Expo at the Hancock Ag. Research Station, Wednesday Oct.30 and Thursday Oct 31, […]
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Posted on October 21, 2013
Julie Dawson
Julie Dawson is the UW-Madison’s new urban and regional food systems specialist. She joined the university as an assistant professor and extension specialist in the […]
- Posted on October 16, 2013
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UW CALS dean co-authors letter supporting giving the World Food Prize to bioengineering pioneers
CALS Dean Kate VandenBosch was the lead author on the following letter, which was published on Oct. 16, 2013 in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune: This week, […]
- Posted on October 15, 2013
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Growth industry: New faculty member supports local produce
When Julie Dawson starts making farm visits, she may face a problem many of her fellow UW-Madison agricultural extension specialists don’t: battling city traffic and […]
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Better barns for Moldovan dairy farms
Gaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 left the tiny nation of Moldova with plenty of barns and other structures from former collective farms—but […]
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Posted on October 10, 2013
Dairy “Showcase” set for Oct. 29
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Dairy Science will host its first-annual Dairy Science Showcase on Tuesday, Oct. 29, from 1:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. […]
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UW’s bug-eating advocate Gene DeFoliart had global impact
When Gene DeFoliart had his brainstorm in 1974, not even he thought his brainchild would be an easy sell. As a professor at UW-Madison, DeFoliart […]
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Posted on October 2, 2013
UW-Madison launches national Agricultural Innovation Prize
As the world’s population continues to increase, so does the need for sustainable and secure food systems. A new student contest run by UW-Madison advances […]