Category: Health and Wellness
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Posted on July 7, 2022
OGRAIN field day focuses on emerging organic grain markets
Market opportunities for organic farmers continue to expand. While staple crops of corn and soybeans continue to remain strong – with organic soybean prices at […]
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Posted on June 27, 2022
Dairy Innovation Hub funds ten short term, high impact projects at UW–Madison
The UW–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) recently selected ten projects for funding through the Dairy Innovation Hub initiative. These one-year grants fund […]
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Posted on June 20, 2022
Erin Silva named endowed chair in organic agriculture and outreach
Erin Silva, associate professor and extension specialist in the UW–Madison Department of Plant Pathology, has been selected as the first recipient of the Clif Bar […]
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Posted on June 16, 2022
UW–Madison Agricultural Research Station field days for 2022 season
Summer is field day season at the UW–Madison CALS Agricultural Research Stations. Over the course of the growing season, the stations will host more than […]
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Posted on June 14, 2022
Was ‘Flatten the Curve’ effective?
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, one message became ubiquitous: “Flatten the curve.” Tied to a simple yet compelling chart of infections over time, with and […]
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Posted on June 2, 2022
Season of learning
Summer courses are an abiding tradition at UW. They’ve long been the boon of undergrads looking to stay on track to graduation, lighten their fall/spring […]
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Posted on April 27, 2022
Spring 2022 grad: Guolong Liang inspired to pursue international ag development
Guolong Liang, who grew up in northwestern China, will be graduating with a master’s degree in horticulture in spring 2022. In this Q&A, Liang talks […]
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Posted on April 23, 2022
Shifting food choices reducing climate impact of American diet
Changing dietary patterns in the U.S. are leading to lower emissions of food-related, climate-warming gases, according to a new research study, and half of the reduction […]
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Posted on April 19, 2022
Five UW–Madison CALS graduate students funded by state-sponsored Dairy Innovation Hub
The University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) recently awarded five, two-year graduate student assistantships to help increase dairy-related research capacity through […]
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Posted on April 1, 2022
Organically Grown at UW
The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, like many in the agricultural community, was slow to warm to organics. Organic methods represented a stark departure […]