Tech Transfer Showcase
The discovery-to-marketplace trail blazed by Harry Steenbock remains strong today. Here are some CALS-based businesses you should know about. [...more]
Spring 2012
ON THE COVER
Growing Future Farmers
A booming population means more mouths to feed—and more farmers needed to feed them. A number of CALS programs focus on bringing new farmers into the field.
ALSO FEATURED
Vanishing Waters?
Numerous lakes and streams are drying up in the Central Sands, but there’s little agreement on what’s causing it. An initiative led by CALS brings together scientists, farmers, residents, environmental advocates and other stakeholders to shed light on the problem and pave the way toward solutions. [...more]
Departments
In Vivo
Funding Our Future
As I complete my time as interim dean, my thoughts turn toward the future. While I look forward to returning full-time to my duties as chair of the agronomy department, teacher and researcher—the sweet corn is calling!—this period of service has provided insights and food for thought that will stay with me as I continue [...]
On Henry Mall
Class Act: Thinking big
Ronald Crandall
Kids at Work
Can grazing goats help restore Wisconsin's landscapes?
Keep on Farming
A CALS partnership helps growers do their work even after serious injury
Field Notes
In Vietnam, Mopeds Help Teach Economics
Corbett Grainger uses motor scooters to impart the basics of environmental economics.
Living Science
From Field to Food Bank
Jed Colquhoun found eager partners when figuring out how to get food waste from farms to people in need. Now they’ve created a system that serves as a national model.
Working Life
Catch up with . . . Beth Zupec-Kania
BS'81 Dietetics
Back List
Five things everyone should know about . . . Hops
1. Wisconsin was once the nation’s largest producer of hops. The 1860s saw “an unbounded zeal” in Wisconsin hop production, according to the Milwaukee Sentinel in 1867, when Wisconsin was growing 75 percent of the nation’s hops. The state’s brewing industry demanded hops at a time when wheat prices were declining, prompting many farmers to [...]
Final Exam
Final Exam – Spring 2012
How much beef must be included in a dog food labeled “beef cuts”?
Know How
KnowHow: How to Dye Eggs Naturally
Learn how you can do egg dying with natural rather than synthetic dyes.