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- CIAS Summer Research Mini-Grant Program Award Recipient in the News!A September 4th, 2023 Wisconsin Public Radio article featured CIAS Summer Research Mini-Grant Award Recipient Celeste Huff’s research Cranberry growers often rely on commercially available … Read more
- Food systems and climate change center stage September 18-22
Heads of State and Government will gather at UN Headquarters in New York on 18-19 September 2023 to review progress toward the 2030 Agenda and … Read more - 2023 Soil Health Collaborative Report
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 … Read more - Farmland Preservation in the City of Madison
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 … Read more - FH King 175th birthday anniversary celebration hosted by Department of Soil Science – Jun. 8
On June 8, the Department of Soil Science will host a celebration for the 175th birthday of FH King in room 270 of the Soils … Read more - Johanna Oosterwyk Receives 2023 Academic Staff Excellence Award
The 2023 Academic Staff Excellence Awards winners have been announced and we are happy to share that our faculty associate Johanna Oosterwyk is one of … Read more - COVID market disruptions were tougher on small firms spread up and down supply chain
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 … Read more - Grassland and managed grazing policy review
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 … Read more - Relationships for Change
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 … Read more - Hazelnut Network Events Spring 2023
Alley Cropping with Hazelnuts Presentation by: Erik Hagan, Savanna Institute Wednesday March 29th from 6-8 pm Virtual Event Join fellow Hazelnut Network members to learn … Read more - Tribal Elder Food Box Program
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 … Read more - Rhythms of the Land-Screening May 5
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 … Read more