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  • From left, undergraduate students Michael Gilpin, Autumn Chevalier, and Patricia Castillo Venegas BSx'20 remove squash seeds for saving at FEED Kitchens in Madison, Wis.

    How the Seeds of Heritage Are Sown

    Posted on February 25, 2020

      Anna Williams is an avid gardener, but when she was gifted corn and bean seeds connected to her Odawa heritage, she felt she needed […]

  • Miners in the bowels of a lead mine in Cassville, Wis. (Grant County) in 1900.

    A Mining History Charted in Soil

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      Long ago, lead and zinc mining were a way of life for the people of Southwest Wisconsin. But the industries left their imprint in […]

  • 'Vỹ Lương', a freshman biochemistry major, photographed at UW–Madison's College Library with the book Green Card Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from Madison and Milwaukee High Schools, which contains his story. Photo by Michael P. King

    Class Act | Vy Luong Rebuilds, Adapts, and Learns on His Path to CALS

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    ‘Vỹ Lương’’s journey to Wisconsin from Tiền Giang province in Vietnam began with a major detour. It was the first of many challenges he faced […]

  • A membrane made from agave cellulose nanofibers.

    Electrospinning Turns Tequila Byproduct into Water Filter

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      Think of it as an environmental hangover. Tequila production in the Mexican state of Jalisco yields vast quantities of agave bagasse biomass, which poses […]

  • Jingyi Huang stands in his lab with two rows of soil samples in dishes and soil-sensing equipment.

    The Soil Doctor Is In

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      For Jingyi Huang, it all started with a pair of orange hula hoops. At least, that’s what they looked like to him when he […]

  • Illustrations of cells, chromosomes, DNA double-helix, test tubes

    In the Field | Alumni Making the Most of Their Background in Biology

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    Logan Peterman BS’09 At Organic Valley, a Wisconsin-based food brand and organic farmer cooperative, Logan Peterman serves as an organic research director and data scientist. […]

  • John Bowman poses with a group of Nepalese vegetable farmers he worked to support through a project with the United States Agency for International Development.

    Catch Up with … John Bowman MS’80 Plant Pathology

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    John Bowman came to UW–Madison for a master’s degree in Ibero-American studies, but fate expanded the scope of his academic pursuits. By chance, he ended […]

  • Rekia Salter stands, notebook in hand, in front of a row of Holstein calf hutches. Salter says her research is teaching her technical skills that will be invaluable when she goes to work as a consultant in the industry.

    Dairy Industry Support for Grad Students Pays Off

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    When it comes to generating useful ideas and solutions for the dairy industry, graduate student researchers are the unsung heroes. “Most of the research that […]

  • Image of a piece of paper with exam questions resting on a lecture hall desk.

    Final Exam Spring 2020

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    Welcome to the final exam for the spring 2020 issue of Grow magazine! If you answer all five questions correctly, you will be entered in […]

  • A women holding a plant box full of many small plants in a room lined with shelves of more small plants.

    Deep in the Weeds

    Posted on October 11, 2019

    If you were to come across a patch of thale cress poking through a crack in a parking lot, you might not think much of […]

  • Science Outreach: A Versatile Training Tool

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    Genetics professor Xuehua Zhong is a true believer in the power of outreach to instill a love of science in young people and develop mentoring […]

  • Two women crouching down to the ground on a field installing a funnel filtration system.

    A Model Solution

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    When agronomy professor Chris Kucharik and his wife, Amy, moved into a subdivision in the Town of Burke in 2006, they weren’t surprised to learn […]

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