Category: Economic and Community Development
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Posted on July 1, 2024
‘Mooving Cows’
The average weight of a fully grown Holstein cow is around 1,500 pounds, its average height nearly 5 feet at the shoulder. Guiding cattle […]
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Wildfire Risk Greatest in Grasslands
Wildfires often bring to mind images of whole forests engulfed in flames. But in the United States, grasslands and shrublands are the largest areas […]
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Women in Agriculture Connected to Better Community Welfare
A larger number of women working in agriculture is associated with greater community well-being. That’s the finding of a study coauthored by Steve Deller, […]
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Posted on March 8, 2024
Rural Prosperity Through Climate-Smart Farming
Back in November, at the annual meeting of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, I was presented with some alarming statistics about rural […]
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Flexibility + Preparation = Resilience
The COVID-19 pandemic expanded our everyday vocabulary to include words such as “PCR test” and “supply chain.” Economists and the general public alike wondered […]
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Posted on November 2, 2023
The Road to Rural Broadband
The South Shore of northern Wisconsin — where Bayfield County meets Lake Superior — is known for its natural beauty. Summer used to be […]
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An Encouraging Mechanism for Broadband Expansion
Similar to the Norvado telephone cooperative in northern Wisconsin, electric utilities can help bring broadband to rural areas more quickly than large commercial providers. […]
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Gather and Connect. Experience and Serve. Learn and Grow.
It’s a cool Sunday morning in early September, and over a dozen UW students are meeting at a farm plot in Eagle Heights Community […]
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Five Energizing Facts About Agrivoltaics
In the quest to combat climate change, the idea of using agricultural landscapes in the Midwest to support renewable energy production has focused primarily […]
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Focus on Rural and Tribal Wisconsin
Four projects, including two from CALS, that will support Wisconsin’s rural communities and tribal nations have been selected to receive funding through UW’s Wisconsin […]
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The Turf Manager’s Apprentices
Emerging from the tree line onto The Lido golf course is like walking into a different world. Sand stretches over rolling hills where green […]
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How Waste Becomes a Resource
Victor Ujor’s fascination with microorganisms — bacteria, fungi, viruses — began with an issue of Time magazine. What he encountered in the pages of […]