A new two-hour documentary movie about the century-long effort to find a balance between conservation, preservation and utilization of the nation’s forests and other natural resources will have its Madison premier Tuesday, April 12, at 7 p.m. in the Wisconsin Historical Society auditorium, 816 State Street, Madison. A Q&A discussion of the film will follow. Admission is free.

Scholarships worth $70,000 will be awarded this year to students attending the Farm and Industry Short Course at the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.

An intensive two-day course focusing on the chemistry of milk and milk products as they relate to processing and functionality will be held May 17 to May 18 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Participants will learn more about the chemical and physical changes that occur as dairy products are processed and stored, and how these changes can affect product quality.

Many projects will be featured at a poster session showcasing biotechnology research by University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate students, held March 10 from 4:30 to 7:00 at the Monona Terrace.

Young adults can be motivated to eat more servings of fruits and vegetables if they are exposed to tailored, practical messages about nutrition.

Scientific study sometimes focuses on one process at the expense of the larger, interconnected picture. One University of Wisconsin-Madison bacteriologist recognizes this trend, and tries to take a step back in her own research; she works to understand not just how biochemical processes work, but how they affect one another.

University of Wisconsin-Madison agricultural economists dusted off some long-idle superlatives to write their year-end review of the state’s farm sector, and they’re fairly optimistic about prospects for the year ahead.

Clarence Everett (Pat) Johnson, emeritus professor of food science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, died Friday, Jan. 14. He was 82 years old.

Frederick H. Buttel, professor of rural sociology and environmental studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, died of cancer Jan. 14 at his home in Madison. He was 56 years old.

Can a few tree genes call most of the shots in an ecosystem? Many biologists would say