Strengthening urban and peri-urban food systems to achieve food security and nutrition, in thecontext of urbanization and rural transformation, is the latest report from the […]

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 […]

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 […]

Join the UW Agroecology community as we share our work and hear from agroecologists from around the country. This is innovative research, based on bold […]

CIAS has been participating in Tribal food sovereignty efforts since 2012, including the Tribal Elder Food Box Program initiated in 2021. Now in its third […]

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 […]