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  • Posted on February 26, 2012

    The discovery-to-marketplace trail blazed by Harry Steenbock remains strong today. Here are some CALS-based businesses you should know about.

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    A CALS partnership helps growers do their work even after serious injury

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    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.

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    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 […]

  • Posted on February 24, 2012

    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.

  • Posted on October 19, 2011

    How do we get biomass from the land while preserving—or even benefiting—its living communities? Whichever course we take, researchers at the CALS-led Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center are determined to put all pros and cons on the table.

  • Posted on October 18, 2011

    An innovative program for young learners folds hands-on science into reading

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    A new internship puts undergrads on the trail of foodborne pathogens

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    A new birdsong app identifies feathered friends by their tweets

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    What do corn, beans, potatoes and amaranth have in common?

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    From CALS Interim Dean William F. Tracy