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
Report: Miller, Michelle and Konar, Megan (2024) “U.S. Food Flows: A Cold Chain Network Analysis of Freight Movements to Inform Local and Regional Food Issues”
Still Hiring: Indigenous Food Sovereignty Outreach Specialist
Now Hiring: Intertribal Food Business Development Coordinator for the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
USDA Free Webinar – Leveraging Extension and University Engagement: Developing and Implementing Novel Projects Using Transdisciplinary Approaches
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Workshop: Managing Forests for Maple Syrup
Events
- Sep 16
- 3:00 PM Biochemistry Colloquium - Rachel O. Niederer Uncovering Novel Translational Control Elements in 5' UTRs
- Sep 23
- 3:00 PM Biochemistry Colloquium - Damien Thévenin Targeting Cancer Cells with pH-responsive Transmembrane Peptides
- Sep 24
- 3:00 PM Study Abroad Fair
- 4:00 PM Archipelago Art Exhibit Grand Opening Meet an artist, enjoy a kernza muffin, and dye something with a plant
- Sep 25
- 8:30 AM Managing Forests for Maple Syrup Treehaven, Tomahawk, WI
- Sep 28
- 12:00 PM Harvest Festival at Allen Centennial Garden Explore the harvest traditions of Afro-diasphoric, Indigenous, and Latine cultures.
- Sep 30
- 3:00 PM Biochemistry Colloquium - Michael Stone Exploring the structure and function of telomeres and telomerase - one molecule at a time
Upcoming
September 9-11 National Sustainability Society Inaugural Conference
September 23-24 First Annual Soul of the Soil Conference
September 25 University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Workshop: Managing Forests for Maple Syrup
October 7-8 USDA 1198 Agriculture of the Middle working group
October 28-30 2024 National FIELD School
October 31 Weston Roundtable with Danielle Resnick
November 14-15 Climate Fast Forward 2024