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Call for sustainable agriculture preproposals
The USDA’s North Central Region-Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (NCR-SARE) program released its annual call for Research and Education Grant Preproposals, available online at http://www.northcentralsare.org/Grants/Our-Grant-Programs/Research-and-Education The site includes more information on…
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ESA honors Gratton
Claudio Gratton, CIAS Faculty Associate, was named 2022 Entomological Science of America Fellow for his work on the landscape ecology and conservation of beneficial insects in terrestrial landscapes. Gratton is…
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Welcome Director Silva!
Kate VandenBosch, outgoing dean of the University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, announced the appointment of Erin Silva as the director of the Center for Integrated Agricultural…
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Concentration in the food system
CIAS faculty associates, students and staff responded to USDA’s request for information on concentration in food retail and distribution. The joint letter details new research from three on-going projects: Grassland…
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The Heifer Grazing Compass
In collaboration with the Grassland 2.0 project, CIAS is pleased to announce the availability of the Heifer Grazing Compass, the first in a suite of decision support tools that help…
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Clif Bar awards $1m endowment for organic outreach at UW
Clif Bar & Company, the largest private donor to organic research in the US, announced June 16 a second endowment to UW-Madison CALS to support organic outreach. Dr. Erin Silva,…
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Global Action to End Hunger: Prospects for 2030
Four people in the CIAS network will discuss efforts to reach the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal #2 — zero hunger by 2030: ‘End hunger, achieve food security and improved…
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Wattiaux awarded Fulbright
CIAS is pleased to announce that our interim director Michel Wattiaux received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award in dairy science for the 2022-2023 academic year from the U.S. Department…
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2022 summer mini grants awards
The CIAS Mini-Grant Program provides funding for graduate students to conduct research and outreach projects over the course of a single summer. In 2022, nine graduate students will receive funding…
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Ride to Farm 2022!
Join us for a beautiful 100k, or half-day, ride in Green County on June 4th, 2022. Our 18th Annual Ride to Farm event will start and end at New Glarus…
