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CALS ARS agenda for January 10, 2024
The CALS Agricultural Research Stations committee is meeting on Wednesday, January 10 from 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. The meeting agenda can be found online […]
Dairy farmers share opinions on natural resources, labor issues
What do dairy farmers really think? More than 600 Wisconsin dairy farm owners took a survey in 2023, delving into their thoughts on policies related […]
CALS in the News for the week of December 30 – January 5
January 5, 2024 In the News AI and satellite data helped uncover the ocean’s ‘dark vessels’Popular Science via Yahoo! News, 1/3/24Quoted: Jennifer Raynor, Forest and […]
CALS in the News for the week of December 23 – 29
January 2, 2024 In the News Do you wash your meat? Some cooks are divided over the practice.National Geographic, 12/22/23Quoted: Kathleen Glass, Food Research Institute […]
Ewe are what your grandparents ate?
“You are what you eat.” We’ve all heard this old adage before. But during pregnancy, maternal nutrition can have a large impact on a baby, […]
Rising Sparks: Odette Herrand breaks down complex questions with the simple, yet powerful fruit fly
Entering tiny Knox College as a freshman, Odette Herrand thought of biology in terms of medical school. That’s understandable because their mother and father practiced medicine in […]
Multitasking microbes: UW–Madison scientists engineer bacteria to make two valuable products from plant fiber
We often look to the smallest lifeforms for help solving the biggest problems: Microbes help make foods and beverages, cure diseases, treat waste and even […]
Registration open for NSF I-Corps entrepreneurship training
The application for the “Spring 2024 NSF I-Corps Training” is now open.Location: Virtual (free) Registration deadline: Jan. 25 at 11:59 p.m. Successful completion of this course will […]
Grant awarded: Bret Shaw receives USDA-NIFA funding to grow the customer base for farmers markets
Bret Shaw, a professor of life sciences communication, received USDA-NIFA funding for his project Growing the customer base for farmers markets: Supporting rural economic development […]