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Screening of “Maya Land: Listening to the Bees” and Panel Discussion
Posted on March 1, 2024When: Thursday, March 7, 2024 – 6:00pm-8:30pm Where: 4070 Vilas Hall, 821 University Avenue As the feature event of the 2023-24 Holtz Science & Public Series, the […]
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Tech(k)nowledges in Dialogue: Indigenous Wisdom and Global Productivity
Posted onWhen: Thursday, March 7, 2024 – 6:00pm-8:30pm Where: 4070 Vilas Hall, 821 University Avenue Our friends in the Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies […]
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Bridging the Divide: Forging the Ties Between Rural and Urban America Conference
Posted on February 22, 2024Where: The University of Chicago Institute of Politics When: April 10th-12th, 2024 The University of Chicago Institute of Politics is hosting a conference April 10-12th called Bridging […]
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Researchers Receive $5 Million Award to Develop AI Platform to Strengthen Regional Food Systems
Posted on February 16, 2024A team of researchers, including CIAS Director Dr. Erin Silva and Outreach Program Coordinator/Farm Viability Specialist John Hendrickson from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has secured […]
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University of Wisconsin and Farmers Market Coalition Awarded USDA AFRI Grant to Grow Customer Base at Farmers Markets
Posted on February 13, 2024The Farmers Market Coalition (FMC), in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been awarded a grant from the USDA Agricultural and Food Research Initiative […]
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CIAS Staff in the News: Lauren Asprooth
Posted on February 12, 2024A recent article published in The Cap Times, “Waves of grain: How Wisconsin’s sustainable grain movement is growing“, discusses the burgeoning sustainable grain movement in […]
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Now Hiring: Education Director, Farm Director, and Programming Director for The People’s Farm
Posted on February 7, 2024Positions: Education Director, Farm Director, Programming Director Salary: $15/hour Apply by: February 16th, 2024 at 11:55pm The People’s Farm for Sustainable Agriculture strives to educate […]
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The ICICLE Project is Now Accepting Applications for its 2024 Cohort of Educational Fellows
Posted on February 2, 2024Apply for a food systems education fellow to democratize AI. The National Science Foundation-funded AI Institute for Intelligent Cyberinfrastructure with Computational Learning in the Environment […]
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Upcoming Seminars: A Conversation with Genaro Vásquez, an Indigenous Academic from Oaxaca and Co-Founder of the Ayuuk Intercultural Institute
Posted onThe Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian –LACIS– Studies program and the Department of Plant and Agroecosystems Sciences are excited to host Genaro Vásquez, an Indigenous academic from […]
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New Crop Insurance Fact Sheet for Specialty and Organic Grains
Posted on February 1, 2024CIAS Research Scientist, Lauren Asprooth, in collaboration with OGRAIN, has developed a new fact sheet on crop insurance for organic and specialty grains. If you […]