Great news for the Biobulb team. This group’s project—described two weeks ago in eCALS—was among two dozen great ideas to make it to the finals […]

Madison will be the center of the carrot world this week. The CALS horticulture department is hosting the 36th International Carrot Conference at the Monona […]

To help encourage photo submissions to the CALS Photo Alphabet Project, the CALS Office of External Relations is holding a photo contest from August 5 […]

Johanna Oosterwyk, manager of the D.C. Smith Greenhouse, reports that the greenhouse’s Titan Arum plant, or corpse flower, is about to bloom. It’s her best […]

About 30 percent of what goes into our landfills is packaging waste, and as a research university, we’re contributing our share, points out a post […]

Conservation easements have been signed to protect some 18 million acres of privately owned land in the U.S. But a study of easements in Wisconsin […]

Whole Foods staffers from across the nation were in Babcock Hall last week to learn about all things cheese. Among the memorable experiences: Encircling the […]

Chicago high school students got some hands-on dairy science experience—up to their elbows, in fact—when UW-Madison instructors brought a couple of cannulated dairy cows to […]

When Jeff Sindelar talks about the ingredients he’s working with, you’d think he was making juice. Not quite. He’s adding things like cranberry concentrate, cherry […]

There’s some tasteful landscaping in front of Ag Hall this summer. Also tasty. The big round planter is full of vegetables, thanks to Larry Kraak, […]