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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.

  • 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.

  • 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.