‘Meat’ Our New Building

  On Nov. 6, CALS celebrated the opening of the new Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery (MSABD) building. Part of the Department of Animal […]

A Taste of Many Cultures

  How does the American ideal of healthy eating exclude other cultures? That was the question posed to students by instructor Erika Anna BS’13 in […]

Six-Legged Livestock Could Solve Food Shortages — Sustainably

  In the Midwest, we’re used to seeing big fields dotted with cattle and steel barns bustling with broiler chickens. Beef, poultry, and pork are […]

Agriculture as Resilience, Resistance, and Liberation

  When Monica White joined the UW faculty in 2012, she was already hard at work on the project that would become Freedom Farmers, a […]

Vigilant Eyes on COVID-19

  In late March 2020, COVID-19 struck Wisconsin’s Brown County. The virus hit workers in the area’s meat industry especially hard. But Salm Partners, a […]

How to Neutralize a Virus

  In the fight against COVID-19, public attention has largely focused on vaccines. But researchers around the world have been racing to find treatments, too. […]

New Major Improves Student Prep for Global Health Field

  The past year has shone an intense spotlight on public health efforts all over the world. Their complexity, their interconnectedness, and their importance have […]

Final Exam Spring 2021

Of Mutant Wranglers and Slime Whisperers

  In 1909, the German chemist Fritz Haber sparked an agricultural revolution. Using enormous pressures and high temperatures, he had learned how to efficiently transform […]

Let Food Be Your Medicine

  Medical student Alice Huang was dutifully taking notes during a lecture at the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine when she snapped to attention. […]

The Hype, the Hope, and the Reality of Hemp

  In late 2018, Ralph and Beth Aschenbrenner started hearing a lot of good things about growing industrial hemp. Hemp is an incredibly versatile plant, […]

Toward a Truly Anti-Racist Place

This spring and summer delivered difficulties unlike any we have ever seen. But take a moment. Take a breath. And take solace in the fact […]