Wonder what is happening in agriculture and food systems research at other Universities and Colleges? A new interactive map can connect you. This may be […]

Heads of State and Government gathered at UN Headquarters in New York on 18-19 September 2023 to review progress toward the 2030 Agenda and its […]

2022 was the third season of the Citizen Science cover crop project. This report details findings from the effort. In 2020, 2021, and 2022, farmers […]

In less than a year, the City Planning Department organized a task force to assess management of city-owned farmland and consider policies that would make […]

To understand how the Pandemic affected regional food systems, CIAS faculty associate Andrew Stevens and graduate student Jim Teal partnered with CIAS and several other […]

Perennial grasslands, including prairie and pasture, have declined with tremendous environmental and social costs. This decline reflects unequal policy support for grasslands and managed grazing […]

In 1920, there were over 920,000 Black families farming in the United States, although the majority were sharecroppers and tenant farmers. Today there are just […]

CIAS is part of a consortium of sustainable agriculture centers around the country. On March 3, academics working in this field will gather to learn […]

Registration is open for this year’s Hazelnut Growers Conference in Decorah, Iowa, the heart of the Driftless. The Iowa Nut Growers Association are hosting the […]

Wondering how managed livestock grazing can contribute to justice in the food system? There is a growing call to transform the U.S. food system so […]