Category: Around CALS
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Posted on October 10, 2014
Educating the state’s winemakers
Ryan Prellwitz has a piece of advice for amateur winemakers who decide to scale up and make it a business. “Forget everything you learned as […]
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Posted on October 6, 2014
Proven again: Badgers know their dairy cows
Students from America’s Dairyland are the best in the nation at judging dairy cows. That was proven last week when the UW-Madison team swept the National Intercollegiate […]
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Posted on September 26, 2014
By the numbers: A look at Wisconsin’s Latino population
Wisconsin’s Latino population is 74 percent larger and significantly more homegrown today than it was at the beginning of the century, according to a report […]
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Posted on September 18, 2014
An amazing summer on “The Amazing Race”
Amy DeJong and Maya Warren had a truly epic summer, but they can’t tell you about it. The UW-Madison food science grad students spent the […]
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Posted on September 12, 2014
Huffington Post: “Wisconsin students know their meat”
Don’t be surprised if the line at Bucky’s Butchery gets a little longer. The UW’s student-run retail meat shop wasn’t exactly a secret, but if it were, the […]
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Posted on September 8, 2014
Want a greener office? Visit the Horticulture plant sale Sept. 19-21
Want to green up your office or living room? UW horticulture students will be ready to help at their fall plant sale, Sept. 19-21 at […]
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Posted on August 31, 2014
CALS plant breeders harvest feedback from local chefs, farmers and foodies to develop tastier veggies
This past Wednesday, CALS plant breeders held the first of three summer field days for chefs, farmers and foodies to taste and provide feedback on […]
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Posted on August 25, 2014
On the track of not-so-sweet corn
You might wonder why Bill Tracy bothers to breed new varieties of sweet corn. It’s already unbelievably tender and crisp and supersweet. We just need more of […]
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Posted on August 15, 2014
Boning up on precision ag: Images from Farm Technology Days
If you wanted to get up to speed on precision agriculture, Wisconsin Farm Technology Days was a good place to start. That was Dean Kate […]
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Posted on August 11, 2014
Images: A great day at the State Fair
CALS was well represented at last Wednesday’s UW-Madison Day at the Wisconsin State Fair. Here are a few of our favorite images that capture the […]