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  • The Future, Unzipped

    Posted on November 3, 2015

    Biochemist John Ralph and his colleagues have pioneered a technology that could revolutionize how industry produces biofuels and other value-added goods

  • A tall rock formation submerged in a body of water. Trees grow at the top of the rock structure.

    Stay Longer in the Kickapoo

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    CALS researchers help extend the tourist season in Wisconsin’s scenic west

  • The New Old Forest

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    Clear-cutting in past centuries left Wisconsin with very few old-growth forests—and fewer of the environmental benefits they provide. CALS has partnered with the DNR and other institutions on a long-term project to learn how such forests can be reestablished and sustainably used.

  • Kate VandenBosch

    Recruiting and Retaining the Best

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    Few people inspire students as much as our professors. When I ask students about their most important experiences at CALS, almost invariably they talk about […]

  • A man standing next to a large metallic fermentation machine. It has many vats, tubes, and wires.

    Move Over, Beer

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    UW–Madison’s first enologist, based at CALS, will aid Wisconsin’s wine and cider industry

  • New Face in the Garden

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    Ben Futa has one of the most beautiful workplaces on campus. And, as the new director of the CALS-based Allen Centennial Gardens, he loves the […]

  • A woman crouching down next to a plant, talking to children.

    Class Act: Sarah Krier and Raising “Little Aldos”

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    Raising “Little Aldos”

  • A close up of a pile of nutmeg seeds. One has be cut down the center to reveal the inside of the seed. It is light in color with a darker brown vein-like pattern.

    Five things everyone should know about … Nutmeg

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    1 It’s not a nut. Nutmeg is the seed kernel inside a yellow fruit of the nutmeg tree, an evergreen native to the Molucca Islands […]

  • The underside of a cow that's being held in a stable.

    Even Cows are “Texting”

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    Modern communication systems allow dairy farmers to more efficiently monitor the health, milk yield, movement and other metrics of both herds and individual cows by cell phone, says Doug Reinemann

  • Mexico: Mapping the roots of poverty and inequality

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    What makes development projects work? Jennifer Alix-Garcia, a professor of agricultural and applied economics, is diving deep into Mexico’s history to shed light on that […]

  • Catch Up With … Shannon Strader BS’14 Biology

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    Shannon Strader BS’14 is no stranger to pain. At age 8 she lost her twin sister, Lauryn, to complications arising from cerebral palsy. Strader herself […]

  • Hens being held in kennel-like containers with a trough holding the eggs they lay.

    Going for the Gut

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    A CALS-based start-up offers an antibiotic alternative to animal producers

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