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Sustainable Intensification in Agricultural Systems
Can we sustainably intensify food production to meet the needs of a growing population with changing consumption patterns? In this lecture, author and scholar Jules Pretty, University of Essex, will…
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Growing Farm to School Supply Chains with Local Vegetable Blends (Research Brief #96)
Increasing access to fruits and vegetables in schools is one way to address nutritional and diet-related health concerns among children.
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Sustainable Agriculture, Fair Trade and Cooperatives
FEATURED SPEAKER: Peter Hurst United Nations International Labor Organizer PANELISTS: Courtney Berner, Willy Street Co-op Sarah Lloyd, Wisconsin Farmers’ Union Peter Hurst and the panelists will discuss fair trade as…
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Food Summit 2014
The Dane County Food Council and Dane County UW Extension, with the help of other community partners, will host the 2014 Food Summit on October 24 in celebration of national…
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Waseda Farms Will Match Donations to CIAS Through Dec. 7
Make your gift to CIAS go twice as far! Through Dec. 7, Waseda Farms will match donations from individuals.
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Farm to School Toolkits 2.0
With the 2014-15 school year right around the corner, CIAS has updated two popular farm to school resources. The Wisconsin Farm to School Toolkits for school nutrition programs and producers…
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Whole-Farm Modeled Phosphorus Loss Low on Grazing Dairy Farms (Research Brief #94)
Because agriculture is a major nonpoint phosphorus pollution source, there is strong interest in identifying and managing farm sources of phosphorus runoff. On dairy farms, possible sources of this runoff…
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Productivity and Nitrogen Retention Tradeoffs in Bioenergy Grasslands (Research Brief #93)
Perennial grassland cropping systems may someday be managed as an alternative source of biofuel that requires fewer fertilizer inputs. This alternative biofuel can also reduce competition with food crops because…
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Organic Agriculture in Wisconsin: 2014 UW-Madison Research Report
This report summarizes 23 studies conducted by researchers in the UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) in partnership with farmers across the state. Those studies look at production…
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Wisconsin Cut Flower Growers School
The Wisconsin Cut Flower Growers School is a two-day workshop designed to help new and beginning growers learn the ins and outs of producing and marketing cut flowers. Learn from…