Welcome
The Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems (CIAS) is a sustainable agriculture and food systems research center in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
CIAS fosters transdisciplinary inquiry and supports a range of research, outreach and professional development opportunities. It brings together university faculty, students, staff, farmers, policy makers and other practitioners to study relationships between farming practices and profitability, the structure of the food system, the environment, and rural vitality.
CIAS was created to build sustainable agriculture and food systems research programs that respond to farmer and citizen needs. Join our network!
Latest News
CIAS, Tribal partners awarded $10 million USDA grant for collaborative effort working to support Native American foodways in Great Lakes region
Food Supply Networks and AI: A Four-Webinar Series
37th Marbleseed Organic Farming Conference.
Dr. Charles Benbrook’s Lecture on Ultra-Processed Foods
Open CIAS Postdoc position to study diversified food grain supply chains
Presentation: Value Chain Coordination in Agri-Food
Forward Ag Invests in Cross-Sector Solutions to Drive Agri-Food Innovation in Wisconsin
Events
- Feb 4
- 12:05 PM Public Understanding of the Search for Extraterrestrial Life Virtual Speaker: Brianne Suldovsky, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Portland State University
- Feb 5
- 3:30 PM Phage Foundry, a systematic multi-scale phage characterization capability to combat bacterial pathogens Vivek Mutalik -- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Host -- Karthik Anantharaman
- Feb 9
- 3:00 PM Biochemistry Colloquium: Sara Nowinski Mitochondrial Phosphopantetheinylation: The Modification You Can’t Pronounce but Should Know
- Feb 10
- 12:00 PM Veeva Systems Open House – Madison Explore consulting careers in life sciences | Registration required
- 4:30 PM CALS Investiture Ceremony
- Feb 11
- 12:05 PM Data-driven Messaging Strategies to Grow the Farmers' Market Customer Base Speaker: Bret Shaw– Professor, Department of Life Sciences Communication, UW-Madison
- Feb 12
- 3:30 PM Cyclic-di-AMP modulates cytoplasmic turgor pressure to protect cells from lysis David Rudner -- Harvard University | Host -- Tu-Anh Huynh
Upcoming
November 18:
Presentation by Véronique De Herde:
Value Chain Coordination in Agri-Food