Category: Food Systems
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Posted on November 21, 2011
Registration open for UW’s 2012 Agricultural Economic Outlook Forum
Registration is now open for the 5th Annual Agricultural Economic Outlook Forum. The event will be held on the UW-Madison campus on January 25, 2012. Speakers […]
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Posted on November 16, 2011
Global commission delivers food security policy recommendations
A new report published by an independent global commission of eminent scientists states that the world’s food system needs an immediate transformation to meet current […]
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Posted on November 14, 2011
Michael Bell named director of UW-Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems
Environmental sociologist Michael Bell has been named director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems (CIAS), a multi-disciplinary research and outreach program that focuses on […]
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Posted on November 11, 2011
Farm Short Course invites H.S. seniors and juniors to preview days
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Farm and Industry Short Course invites prospective students and their parents to campus on Nov. 30 or Dec. 1, 2011 to […]
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Centenarian’s recollections of his farm-boy days support scholarships for today’s rural youth
Olaf Larson PhD’41, age 101, wrote his latest book for his children and grandchildren, not thinking it would necessarily appeal to a larger audience. Larson […]
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Popular UW-Madison program for first year students continues to grow
Scott Barton, a New York-based chef, is no stranger to his role as kitchen commander. He bounces around the room, correcting techniques, dispensing trivia about […]
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Trends in 2011 dairy prices charted
The market prices for milk products such as butter, dry whey, nonfat dry milk tend to fluctuate during the year. UW-Madison dairy economist Brian Gould […]
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Posted on November 10, 2011
Wisconsin grain farmers likely to benefit from smaller U.S. crop
“Like last year, it appears Wisconsin grain sellers will benefit from a ‘down’ crop in much of the rest of the Midwest,” suggests Mike Rankin, […]
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Posted on November 9, 2011
The beauty of beets: They taste like dirt
“I think the biggest think is that people think they taste like dirt. And in fact, that’s the beauty of them, is that they do […]
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Posted on November 1, 2011
Nov. 15 deadline for 2011 sheep shearing school
Learn how to shear sheep at the annual Beginning Sheep Shearing School, Saturday and Sunday, December 3 and 4, 2011 at the Arlington Agricultural Research […]