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
PhD Exit Seminar: Just Transitions in Animal Agriculture: Visions for the Future and Solidarity Building in the U.S. Midwest
2025 CIAS Graduate Student Summer Research Mini-Grant Call for Proposals
Fellowship Opportunity: The Organic Center’s 2025 Science Fellowship Program
Civil Rights Activism and Agriculture: A Family that Kept the Land – Lecture and Reception
New study finds that 80% of Americans attend farmers markets, underscores local food demand
Virtual Town Hall: Climate and the Future of Agriculture featuring CIAS Director Dr. Erin Silva | Great Lakes Now
The Time is Now: Making the Case for Diversification of Agricultural Production
Events
- Apr 23
- 12:05 PM Science Communication Colloquium: "Understanding and Addressing Misinformation about Science" With Tiffany Taylor, NASEM
- 3:30 PM Genetics Spring Colloquium Caroline Albertin, Marine Biological Laboratory
- 4:00 PM CALS Job Prep Workshop Series, Interviewing and Job Negotiation Get last minute help before summer!
- Apr 28
- 3:00 PM Biochemistry Colloquium - Tanja Mittag Phase separation, emergent properties of condensates and effects on selected disease processes
- Apr 30
- 3:30 PM Genetics Spring Colloquium Mia Levine
- May 1
- 2:00 PM Special Seminar: Jeffrey Toretsky, M.D. Creating a drug for an ‘undruggable’ oncogene in Ewing sarcoma
- May 5
- 3:00 PM Biochemistry Colloquium - Xiaojing Gao Towards DNA-free synthetic biology: Protein circuits and RNA sensors
Upcoming
April 16 and 23 Finding Your Future in Food Systems Spring 2025 Webinar Series
April 28 2025 CIAS Graduate Student Summer Research Mini-Grant Proposals Due
April 29 – Civil Rights Activism and Agriculture: A Family that Kept the Land – Lecture and Reception
May 4 The Organic Center’s 2025 Science Fellowship Program applications due