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COVID-19 Update
Posted on March 17, 2020As part of the rapidly changing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the CIAS office is closed. Staff are working remotely.
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CANCELLED: Get the Dirt Dinner: Empowering Local Growers
Posted on March 11, 2020Join F.H. King Students for Sustainable Agriculture in dinner and conversation about agricultural education and participatory development with PhD candidate Laura Livingston. Laura’s Peace Corps […]
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CIAS Mini-Grant Applications due Friday
Posted on February 14, 2020CIAS summer mini-grants support UW-Madison graduate students doing research aligned with our priority areas.
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Wisconsin Cover Crops Conference
Posted on January 30, 2020Farmers and agricultural professionals from around the state are coming together to share and learn about all things cover crops. Whether you’re a seasoned cover […]
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Register for CIAS Beginning Grower Schools
Posted on January 21, 2020CIAS is hosting schools for aspiring cut flower and apple growers this spring.
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Wisconsin Cut Flower Growers School
Posted onFlowers are a crop that can be profitably grown on a small plot of land. Successful operations require savvy marketing, astute pricing and efficient methods […]
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Midwest School for Beginning Apple Growers
Posted onThe Midwest School for Beginning Apple Growers, a three-day workshop for people wanting to start an orchard business, will be offered March 6-8 on the […]
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Comparing Apples to Apples
Posted on November 18, 2019The goal of the Apples to Apples Project was to help hard cider growers—and makers—select apple varieties for a high-quality, artisanal product. To accomplish this, researchers compared the results of laboratory analysis and tastings of single-varietal ciders to identify desirable flavor characteristics.
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CIAS 2018-19 Annual Report
Posted on November 15, 2019In 2018-19, CIAS engaged in participatory research driven by the needs of small and medium Wisconsin farms and related businesses. Not only does this participatory approach help us identify potential research projects, it also humanizes the stark statistics that chronicle the enduring agricultural crisis.
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Whose Food, Whose Land? Conversation on Global Food Sovereignty
Posted on November 5, 2019Please join the Department of Community and Environmental Sociology and UW-Madison Global Health Institute – GHI for a panel discussion on global food sovereignty, followed […]