Category: 2 – Departments-Sections
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Posted on March 23, 2010
Fixing Our Food: Reduce Food Waste
We could be doing better in the battle against hunger if we made fuller use of the food we grow.
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Fixing Our Food: Go Vertical
High-rise greenhouses and other indoor farming systems can get more food into cities that need it the most.
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Fixing Our Food: Teach More People to Farm
Our food production depends on a shrinking number of farmers. Who will succeed them?
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Fixing Our Food: Preserve Our Farmland
442 million acres of American soil grew crops in 2002, the lowest amount of land in farming since World War II.
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Fixing Our Food: Diversify Crops Regionally
Concentrating agricultural production is becoming expensive and risky. We need a broader array of foods grown closer to home.
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Fixing Our Food: Reform Crop Subsidies
Federal agricultural programs are beginning to reward farmers for more than just yield, but there’s still more room to incentivize best practices.
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Fixing Our Food: Start a New Green Revolution
We don’t just need to grow more food. We need to grow it better.
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Fixing Our Food
Safe food. Healthy food. Enough food. Can we secure the bounty we take for granted for future generations? A team of CALS experts say that we can meet the world’s food challenges––and here are their best ideas for how to do it.
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Posted on November 4, 2009
Root Lessons
In the classroom, Bruce Allison delivers the tools of the trade—and a message about our connection with trees.
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A Chance Worth Taking
Dean speaks on personal opportunities, next step
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The Evolution is On
A beetle’s newfound abilities remind us that life is always adapting to overcome our best strategies. How the eternal struggle for survival changes the way we farm.
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Posted on October 23, 2009
Vintage Wisconsin
Wine is booming in the land of beer and cheese. Growers are hoping that CALS research on Wisconsin-friendly grapes can help uncork the industry’s potential.