Category: Economic and Community Development
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Posted on March 8, 2024
Rural Prosperity Through Climate-Smart Farming
Back in November, at the annual meeting of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, I was presented with some alarming statistics about rural […]
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Flexibility + Preparation = Resilience
The COVID-19 pandemic expanded our everyday vocabulary to include words such as “PCR test” and “supply chain.” Economists and the general public alike wondered […]
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Posted on November 2, 2023
The Road to Rural Broadband
The South Shore of northern Wisconsin — where Bayfield County meets Lake Superior — is known for its natural beauty. Summer used to be […]
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An Encouraging Mechanism for Broadband Expansion
Similar to the Norvado telephone cooperative in northern Wisconsin, electric utilities can help bring broadband to rural areas more quickly than large commercial providers. […]
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Gather and Connect. Experience and Serve. Learn and Grow.
It’s a cool Sunday morning in early September, and over a dozen UW students are meeting at a farm plot in Eagle Heights Community […]
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Five Energizing Facts About Agrivoltaics
In the quest to combat climate change, the idea of using agricultural landscapes in the Midwest to support renewable energy production has focused primarily […]
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Focus on Rural and Tribal Wisconsin
Four projects, including two from CALS, that will support Wisconsin’s rural communities and tribal nations have been selected to receive funding through UW’s Wisconsin […]
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The Turf Manager’s Apprentices
Emerging from the tree line onto The Lido golf course is like walking into a different world. Sand stretches over rolling hills where green […]
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How Waste Becomes a Resource
Victor Ujor’s fascination with microorganisms — bacteria, fungi, viruses — began with an issue of Time magazine. What he encountered in the pages of […]
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Posted on July 7, 2023
Representative Science
Judith Simcox can trace the course of her research career all the way back to high school. Her class was given an assignment to […]
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CALS Beyond Campus
Summer is in full, fabulous bloom on the UW campus. The beauty of this place could tempt us to keep our focus here and […]
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One Step Ahead of Wisconsin’s Weather
Wisconsin weather has grown increasingly unpredictable and extreme since the 1950s. The rapid shift poses difficult challenges for farmers, researchers, and the public. But […]