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    • Webinar: Planning Democracy

      Join CIAS and the students of Agroecology 702 Thursday April 8 for a special guest lecture by UW Professor Emeritus Jess Gilbert on his book Planning Democracy: Agrarian Intellectuals and…

      Webinar: Planning Democracy
    • The Next Normal: Restructuring Food Supply Chains

      Register for live session April 15, 3:30 central. As part of a series on Covid-19 & the Food System: Understanding Impacts & Exploring Solutions, CIAS researcher Michelle Miller will present…

      The Next Normal: Restructuring Food Supply Chains
    • COVID-19 Food Systems Survey

      Tell us your story! Take this short survey to help us understand the impact of COVID-19 on your food business.

      COVID-19 Food Systems Survey
    • 2021 Call for CIAS Mini-grant Proposals – due Mar. 15

      The Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems (CIAS) invites graduate student applications for our summer mini-grant program, which is made possible through a generous donation from the Single Step Foundation. These…

    • UW–Madison CIAS part of new USDA-funded collaborative project to study U.S. food flows

      Researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are participating with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in a cooperative agreement to better understand the…

      UW–Madison CIAS part of new USDA-funded collaborative project to study U.S. food flows
    • UW–Madison, CIAS involved in USDA project about pandemic’s impact on food systems

      The Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems (CIAS) is part of a UW-Madison team awarded a USDA multi-region, multi-institution research and outreach project to assess the impact of COVID-19 on food…

      UW–Madison, CIAS involved in USDA project about pandemic’s impact on food systems
    • Grant supports expanding supply chains for regional grains to local cafeterias

      The Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems (CIAS) at UW-Madison was awarded a grant through the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service’s Farmers Market Promotion Program for a project titled “Grains to Institutions:…

      Grant supports expanding supply chains for regional grains to local cafeterias
    • Indigenous food sovereignty in Wisconsin

      CIAS Citizens Advisory Council (CAC) meeting member Dan Cornelius gave a presentation on tribal food systems in Wisconsin at the group’s August 24, 2020 meeting. Dan Cornelius is a member…

      Indigenous food sovereignty in Wisconsin
    • Wisconsin Cover Crops Research and Outreach Project (2017-2022)

      The Wisconsin Cover Crops Research and Outreach Project (CCROP) is a collaborative effort on the efficacy of cover crops on Upper Midwest dairy, livestock, grain and vegetable farms. Our multi-institutional…

    • COVID-19 Update

      As part of the rapidly changing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the CIAS office is closed until further notice. Staff are working remotely through until further notice. The most efficient…

      COVID-19 Update