In the News

Pentagon looks to microbes to feed troops with air, water, maybe even trash turned to protein
Stars and Stripes, 12/15/21
Quoted: Molly Jahn, Agronomy

The Growing Revolution
The Nation, 12/11/21
Quoted: Kelly Maynard, UW Center for Cooperatives

The monarch is falling victim to a real-life butterfly effect
Vox, 12/14/21
Quoted: Karen Oberhauser, Entomology

C&EN’s Year in Chemistry 2021: Scientists learned from COVID-19 missteps
Chemical & Engineering News, 12/16/21
Quoted: Dietram Scheufele, Life Sciences Communication

Food prices have gone up in the last year. But Wisconsin producers aren’t necessarily being paid more.
Wisconsin Public Radio, 12/16/21
Quoted: Jeff Sindelar, Animal and Dairy Sciences
Quoted: Mark Stephenson, Center for Dairy Profitability

The ‘perfect storm’: High inflation rates hit Wisconsin businesses and consumers hard
Wisconsin Public Radio, 12/14/21
Quoted: Steven Deller, Agricultural and Applied Economics

High demand, low supply: Cream cheese latest victim of Madison, state product shortages
Wisconsin State Journal, 12/10/21
Quoted: Mark Stephenson, Center for Dairy Profitability
Mentioned: College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Inflation’s impact on Wisconsin farmers
WQOW-TV, 12/13/21
Quoted: Mark Stephenson, Center for Dairy Profitability

170 Years Later, ‘Fighting Bob’ La Follette’s Childhood Dairy Farm Is Shutting Down
Up North News, 12/15/21
Quoted: John Judd, Alumnus, Farm and Industry Short Course

Vilsack Likes What Wisconsin’s Doing
Mid-West Farm Report, 12/17/21
Mentioned: Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems
Mentioned: Anna Hinchley Skadahl, Alumna, Animal and Dairy Sciences

Of Interest

For Hmong farmers, access to COVID-19 funds hampered by multiple challenges
Medill News Service via Wisconsin State Journal, 12/13/21

Madison proposal would ban breeding, selling animals for experimentation purposes
Wisconsin State Journal, 12/13/21

Tenured UW prof laid off after program cut, a 1st under controversial policy
Wisconsin State Journal, 12/16/21

A legal loophole allows the sale of ‘Delta 8’ cannabis in Wisconsin. For one grower, it’s been a boon.
Wisconsin Public Radio, 12/16/21

CALS in the News is a weekly selection of media stories quoting or mentioning CALS faculty, staff, students, alumni, research and programs. Other stories of interest to the UW–Madison community and those in the fields of agriculture and the life sciences are also included. This list is produced by CALS External Relations. Read more about our mission and methodology for curating this list.