Category: Food Systems
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Posted on August 6, 2013
Seeding an organic future: Developing new plant varieties for the organic market
As a wicker basket containing old, faded seed packets made its way around the room, Tom Stearns asked each person to grab a packet and […]
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Posted on August 1, 2013
Organic ag field days on August 12 and 13
University of Wisconsin-Madison agricultural researchers will host two organic field days in the Madison area this month. The first will be held at the West […]
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Posted on July 30, 2013
UW Agronomy/Soils Field Day Aug. 28
Part of this year’s UW Agronomy/Soils Field Day will address an issue that was all but inconceivable a year ago: dealing with too much water. […]
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Posted on July 29, 2013
Jessie Potterton named interim director of UW Farm and Industry Short Course
Jessie Potterton has been named as interim director of the Farm and Industry Short Course (FISC) in the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural and […]
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Posted on July 24, 2013
61st Spooner Sheep Day Aug. 17
The 61st Spooner Sheep Day will be held at the Spooner Agricultural Research Station on Saturday, August 17, 2013. The Spooner Sheep Day has a […]
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Posted on July 23, 2013
Celebrating 100 years of Wisconsin certified seed potatoes
The humble potato requires a lot of coddling of its seed stock compared to the seeds of other food plants. Amy Charkowski leads the oldest […]
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Posted on July 5, 2013
New faces in leadership roles at UW ag research stations
Look for new faces when you visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Agricultural Research Stations at Hancock, Marshfield, West Madison and Lancaster and at the U.S. […]
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Posted on July 2, 2013
UW’s Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research educates Whole Foods cheesemongers
Three-dozen cheesemongers from Whole Foods Markets came to Babcock Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus June 25–28 for a four-day, hands-on introduction to the art and […]
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Posted on July 1, 2013
Amy Stanton
Amy Stanton joined CALS and UW-Extension in 2012 as a dairy science professor with particular expertise in animal well-being. Prior to joining CALS she was […]
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Protecting our pollinators: CALS researchers seek answers, solutions to bee die-off
People and bees have a long shared history. Honeybees, natives of Europe, were carried to the United States by early settlers to provide honey and […]