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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

To our CIAS community, We, the staff at UW-Madison CIAS, are reaching out in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and […]

The CIAS 2019-2020 Annual Report describes our activities to advance sustainable agricultural and food systems. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020, we immediately […]

Dr. Hemme discusses approaches to balancing supply and demand, both in short-term, emergency situations and at the longer-term, structural level.

Recently updated Price Tags/Cost Tags illustrate the environmental, social and health costs behind chicken, dairy products, eggs, hamburgers, potatoes, apples and tomatoes.

Compass Tools are designed to help growers improve on-farm decision making and financial farm planning. A new and improved Livestock Compass spreadsheet is now available for meat and egg producers on CIAS’s Compass Toolbox website.

As part of the rapidly changing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the CIAS office is closed. Staff are working remotely.