Tag: Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems
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Posted on March 9, 2015
UW-Madison helps train aspiring farmers enrolled in ‘the MBA of dairy’
Considering the average age of a Wisconsin farmer is upwards of 56 years old and the state has been losing around 500 dairy farms per year in recent […]
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Posted on March 6, 2015
UW finds strategies to increase number of organic grain farms in Wisconsin
While the $35 billion U.S. organic industry continues to expand at a brisk pace, organic grain production is not keeping up with the growing demand for […]
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Posted on January 23, 2015
School for beginning apple growers offered in March
The Midwest School for Beginning Apple Growers, a three-day workshop for people wanting to start an orchard business, will be offered March 13-15 on the […]
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Posted on January 22, 2015
Innovations in organic agriculture will be featured at research symposium
More than 40 presenters from across the U.S. and abroad will share the latest developments in organic farming research at the Organic Agriculture Research Symposium (OARS), which will be […]
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Posted on December 12, 2014
Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems turns 25 – Audio
/RSS FeedCenter for Integrated Agricultural Systems turns 25 Michael Bell, Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems Department of Community and Environmental Sociology UW-Madison College of Agricultural and […]
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Posted on November 24, 2014
Wisconsin School for Beginning Market Growers offered in January
The Wisconsin School for Beginning Market Growers, a three-day workshop for anyone planning to start a fresh market vegetable farm, will be offered January 9-11, 2015 on the UW-Madison […]
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Posted on September 22, 2014
South Africa: Team effort in the Eastern Cape
In the fertile, rolling hills of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, it’s hard to imagine a food shortage. But hunger is a serious […]
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Posted on August 25, 2014
The Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems at 25: Looking back, looking ahead
When the CALS-based Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems (CIAS) was founded in 1989, its mission and goals were far from mainstream. “Twenty-five years ago, you […]
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Posted on February 28, 2014
A rundown of UW organic agriculture research
University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists are engaged in a wide range of research related to organic agricultural production practices, according to a new report released on […]
- Posted on November 25, 2013