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COVID-19 Update
As 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
Join 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 service in Ghana sparked her…
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CIAS Mini-Grant Applications due Friday
CIAS summer mini-grants support UW-Madison graduate students doing research aligned with our priority areas.
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Wisconsin Cover Crops Conference
Farmers 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 cropper or an absolute beginner,…
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Register for CIAS Beginning Grower Schools
CIAS is hosting schools for aspiring cut flower and apple growers this spring.
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Wisconsin Cut Flower Growers School
Flowers are a crop that can be profitably grown on a small plot of land. Successful operations require savvy marketing, astute pricing and efficient methods of production. The Wisconsin Cut…
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Midwest School for Beginning Apple Growers
The 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 UW-Madison campus. The course prepares…
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Comparing Apples to Apples
The 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…
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CIAS 2018-19 Annual Report
In 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…
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Whose Food, Whose Land? Conversation on Global Food Sovereignty
Please join the Department of Community and Environmental Sociology and UW-Madison Global Health Institute – GHI for a panel discussion on global food sovereignty, followed by a reception. Panel speakers:…