Tag: Horticulture
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Posted on September 19, 2018
UW–Madison, apple growers bring data to the orchard
The robot weather station stands sentinel above the deer fence of an apple orchard in the hills near Hell Hollow Road in Richland County. The […]
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Posted on September 18, 2018
Ancient method helps feed present-day communities
In remote villages and rural towns from Guatemala to Costa Rica, horticulture professor James Nienhuis and his former grad student Erick Gutiérrez MS’17 are improving countless lives, one tomato […]
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Posted on September 17, 2018
Harvest of Ideas forum to explore how UW–Madison can support organic agriculture in Wisconsin and beyond
Agricultural researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and members of Wisconsin’s agricultural community are invited to attend the upcoming Harvest of Ideas forum to explore […]
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Posted on July 18, 2018
Seed to Kitchen Collaborative to hold fourth annual Farm to Flavor dinner
Veggie lovers of all stripes will converge on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus to celebrate tasty, local vegetables at the fourth annual Farm to Flavor […]
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Posted on June 15, 2018
Projects led by Irwin Goldman, Claudio Gratton among Baldwin grant winners
The subjects of the eight projects selected for grants from the Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment are varied but all will help the university […]
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Posted on April 27, 2018
What color is your carrot? – Audio
/RSS FeedThis podcast was originally published in October 2014. Shelby Ellison, honorary associate/fellow Department of Horticulture UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences slrepinski@wisc.edu (608) 262-7407 […]
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Posted on April 16, 2018
Discovering the world of wine and vines – Audio
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Amaya Atucha, Extension Fruit Crop Specialist Department of Horticulture UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences atucha@wisc.edu (608) 262-6452 More information about this class: https://horticulture.wisc.edu/2018/03/05/winesandvines/ 2:47 – […]
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Posted on March 9, 2018
Weather station network aids with 2018 growing season – Audio
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Amaya Atucha, Extension Fruit Crop Specialist Department of Horticulture UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences atucha@wisc.edu 608-262-6452 3:09 – Total time 0:11 – How to prepare […]
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Posted on January 30, 2018
Back to farming basics in Guatemala
When Claudia Calderón touched down in the fertile highlands of western Guatemala, she was stepping into a sociological experiment already afoot. What brought her to the verdant […]
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Posted on January 17, 2018
Radar adds technological twist to age-old cranberry counting process
It’s a quintessential cranberry scene: Thigh-deep in a flooded bog full of millions of floating berries, two farmers extol the merits of products made from […]
