Tag: sustainability
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Posted on October 23, 2024
The Landfill Lady, Hungry Microbes, and Leaping the Valley of Death
Erica L-W Majumder might be an alchemist. Her goal? Turn trash into environmental gold. This assistant professor of bacteriology believes landfills like the one […]
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Feed Fish, Grow Plants — on Water
Back on April 22 — Earth Day 2024 — a small crowd gathered in UW’s D.C. Smith Greenhouse to celebrate and learn. Attendees sampled […]
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Posted on March 9, 2023
Five Counterintuitive Facts for the Conscientious Lawn Owner
Healthy lawns can prevent phosphorus from entering lakes and streams, where it causes problematic algal blooms. Phosphorus is an important element for plant growth. […]
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Full Plates for Food Justice
Gwen Kelley BS’22 learned to cook by her mother’s side, amid the scents and seasonings of Thai curries, vegetable lasagna, and spanakopita. Those experiences […]
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Posted on October 18, 2022
Eco-Friendly Pest Control
Wisconsin has a long history of vegetable production. It’s a leading producer of the nation’s processing vegetables, such as snap beans, sweet corn, carrots, […]
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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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Posted on May 14, 2018
Class Act | Leah Johnson and Sustainability as the New Standard
Leah Johnson BSx’19 didn’t have cable TV until her freshman year of high school. Even after the box arrived, her parents enforced a daily one-hour […]
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Posted on June 9, 2015
Second Life for Phosphorus
Soil science professor and students turn a sometime pollutant into a valuable product
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Posted on June 19, 2014
Of Cows and Climate
CALS researchers are leading a far-reaching effort to gather information about greenhouse gases related to dairy—and to give farmers and other industry professionals the tools they need to reduce them.
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Posted on March 6, 2014
Class Act: Hong-En Chen and Energizing the Classroom
Hong-En Chen
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Catch up with … Carl T. Wahl MS’10 Agroecology
MS’10 Agroecology
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Looking for “hotspots”
Researchers see promise in clusters of farmers who are willing to grow crops for biofuels