Category: Food Systems
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Posted on February 25, 2019
Engineers of Ingenuities
A bioreactor that removes phosphorus from lakes, an easy-to-use harness system designed to prevent falls from dangerous heights, and an early detection sensor for toxic […]
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Controversy to Consensus to Civility
Somewhere in the discouraging maze of fake news and widespread disinformation campaigns aimed at confusing and polarizing public discourse, there lies a road map for […]
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Minty Fresh
As you approach a basic steel structure at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station, your nose informs you before your eyes do that you’ve found […]
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Class Act | Chloe Green
Chloe Green BSx’19 came to UW–Madison from Culver City, California, with a desire to study sports nutrition. She was motivated by her high school involvement […]
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What Would a Cow Prefer?
As a psychology student at Harvard University, Jennifer Van Os studied people with Alzheimer’s disease. Animals and agriculture were far from her mind. But she […]
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In the Field | Alumni Making Their Mark as Entrepreneurs
Katherine BS’08 and Tyler BS’08 Rowe For Katherine (Kate) and Tyler Rowe, the most influential part of their CALS experience was their Horticulture 122 […]
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Posted on October 17, 2018
Craft Cider’s Comeback
A lot of cider apple trees — the kind that produce fruit for hard apple cider — aren’t easy to come by. Most of them […]
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Online Extra | Fruitful Outreach
Managing an apple orchard — whether table apples or cider apples — isn’t the romantic endeavor some might imagine. There’s a lot to do: selecting, planting, […]
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Resistance Is Not Futile
If there’s anything that could be called the archenemy of Midwestern soybean producers, it just might be Sclerotinia stem rot. Once thought of as only […]
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Class Act | Ciara Michel
Not many UW students can say they’ve led a beekeeping operation in Uganda. In fact, there may be only three, and Ciara Michel BSx’19 is […]
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Mali | CALS Researcher Offers Hands-On Training at Gamou Farms
A native of Mali, Thierno Diallo takes great pride in his Fulani heritage. The West African ethnic group is well known for its tradition of […]
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Catch Up with … Andy Fisher, Farm and Industry Short Course (FISC) ’99
For Andy Fisher, farming isn’t just a way to make a living. It’s a way of life. “I feel it’s one of the most honest […]