Category: Food Systems
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Posted on February 25, 2021
The New Frontiers of Potato Tech
It’s the number one vegetable crop in the United States. Wisconsin happens to be its third largest producer (after Idaho and Washington), with 3.1 […]
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A Synchrony of Investments
Last spring, I happily announced that our faculty ranks welcomed a tremendous influx of new talent, with 19 new hires in 2019. Now I’m pleased […]
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Class Act | Entrepreneurial Spirit ‘Boosts’ Undergrad’s Prospects
When Kit Chow BSx’21 decided to study biological systems engineering at CALS, he knew he would get to do one of his favorite things […]
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‘Meat’ Our New Building
On Nov. 6, CALS celebrated the opening of the new Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery (MSABD) building. Part of the Department of Animal […]
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A Taste of Many Cultures
How does the American ideal of healthy eating exclude other cultures? That was the question posed to students by instructor Erika Anna BS’13 in […]
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Six-Legged Livestock Could Solve Food Shortages — Sustainably
In the Midwest, we’re used to seeing big fields dotted with cattle and steel barns bustling with broiler chickens. Beef, poultry, and pork are […]
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Agriculture as Resilience, Resistance, and Liberation
When Monica White joined the UW faculty in 2012, she was already hard at work on the project that would become Freedom Farmers, a […]
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Posted on October 1, 2020
Of Mutant Wranglers and Slime Whisperers
In 1909, the German chemist Fritz Haber sparked an agricultural revolution. Using enormous pressures and high temperatures, he had learned how to efficiently transform […]
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Posted on June 11, 2020
There’s No Use in Wasting Spilt Milk
Imagine the hard work of running a dairy farm — the relentless hours, the uncertainty over everything from the weather to prices, the worries […]
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When Challenging Things Happen, Look for the Innovators
I have no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically altered your lives, just as it has transformed the way CALS operates (at least for […]
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Class Act | Fifth Generation Farmer Applies Short Course Experience to Organic Operation
Jason Doudlah FISC’20 spent two years as an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin–Steven’s Point, but after completing his general education courses, he didn’t […]
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Catch Up with . . . Maya Warren PhD’15 Food Science
“There are so many things we can do with a blank canvas like ice cream,” says Maya Warren. And she would know. Warren is […]