Like a lot of graduate students, Sarah Jacquart took time this summer to focus on her research. But in her case, that meant spending five […]

Long neglected, plant roots are sprouting new interest among scientists.

On a pleasant evening in August, some 40 firefighters and emergency medical technicians converged at the Nehls Brothers Dairy in Juneau, Wisconsin. But it wasn’t […]

Bill Tracy knew it was coming. But the burst of sweetness from the ear of corn he’d just bitten into was so swift that he […]

Student-led project inspires a Milwaukee neighborhood.

Do you know which cucurbita species make the best pumpkin pie?

1. Chickens are definitely going mainstream. Whether it’s due to the interest in locally produced foods or simply a desire for a natural hobby, a […]

Plants of the same species tend to flower, fruit and go to seed with remarkable synchronicity. How are they able to keep such rigid schedules?

Sarah Mattison and husband Ryan Berndt own Hybrid Fitness and Fit Fresh Cuisine, two businesses that work in tandem to help clients get in shape. Located under the same roof in Fitchburg, Wis., Hybrid and Fit Fresh combine a workout gym with a restaurant offering locally grown, nutritionally balanced food.

12 Alumni who are making a difference in the meat industry.

The dairy industry has spent a century searching for the perfect traits in a milk cow. Advances in genetics are getting us closer than ever – and changing our idea of perfect in the process.

Demographers see a trend in rural Wisconsin that could begin to reverse decades of population decline. But will jobs follow?