Category: Food Systems
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Posted on March 23, 2010
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
Lebanon: Tomato Diplomacy in the Middle East
Researchers come together over tomatoes.
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Blight Future
Gene sequence may offer new hints for combating plant pathogen.
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A Chance Worth Taking
Dean speaks on personal opportunities, next step
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Five things everyone should know about…Beets
Beets, so much more than your grandmother’s root vegetable.
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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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The New Pollinators
Researchers, farmers hope native bees will fill hole left by disapearing European cousins.
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A Whole New Can of Beans
CALS helps state growers scale up for organic processing.
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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.
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Posted on October 21, 2009
No Leaf Unturned
They are farmers, doctors and amazingly adept traffic engineers. The tropical ants that Cameron Currie studies have been practicing the good life for millions of years. What do they know that we don’t?
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Posted on August 13, 2009
Piling On
Composting is taking a bite out of campus food waste.
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Posted on July 7, 2009
South Africa: Pleasing the Eyes with a Splash of Color
Adding some color and vitamin A to African diets.