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Some veggies best preserved by freezing, not canning
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Some veggies best preserved by freezing, not canning

Many spring and early summer vegetables harvested from the home garden are best preserved by freezing, not canning, according to University of Wisconsin-Extension food science […]

Jul
17th
Lakeshore researchers learn to fight weeds by studying them
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Lakeshore researchers learn to fight weeds by studying them

On a humid late-June morning, University of Wisconsin–Madison junior Mel Jemiola reaches her clippers into the marsh and snips off the top of a Canada […]

Jul
17th
2017 Benefits Seminars for Graduate Assistants and Short-Term Academic Staff
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2017 Benefits Seminars for Graduate Assistants and Short-Term Academic Staff

If you are newly-eligible for insurance benefits as a Graduate Assistant or Short-Term Academic Staff employee with the University of Wisconsin, your enrollment(s) for insurance(s) […]

Jul
17th
July Wellness Webinar will debunk fitness myths
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July Wellness Webinar will debunk fitness myths

You know you should move for 30 minutes each day. Or is that 60? And shouldn’t you be lifting weights and stretching, too? But when? […]

Jul
14th
Field day will address diversified organic grain rotations – July 21
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Field day will address diversified organic grain rotations – July 21

There is a growing demand for organic grains, but there’s also a learning curve that farmers have to navigate before accessing the market. Organic and […]

Jul
14th
FRI summer undergrads present research – July 27
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FRI summer undergrads present research – July 27

Food Research Institute (FRI) Summer Undergraduate Researchers will present their findings on Thursday, July 27 from 9 a.m. to noon in Room 6201 of Microbial […]

Jul
13th
CALS in the News for the Week of Jun 30 – July 7
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CALS in the News for the Week of Jun 30 – July 7

Healthy Hotdogs? Science Says: Are hot dogs healthier without added nitrites? Daily Mail Online, 6/30/2017 Quoted: Andrew Milkowski, Animal Science Science Says: Are hot dogs healthier […]

Jul
10th
Call for proposals to study US-Ukraine agricultural collaboration
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Call for proposals to study US-Ukraine agricultural collaboration

CRDF Global and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (MES) are currently accepting proposals from joint teams of U.S. and Ukrainian researchers for […]

Jul
10th
UW’s new dairy youth specialist aims to serve kids from both farm and nonfarm backgrounds
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UW’s new dairy youth specialist aims to serve kids from both farm and nonfarm backgrounds

When Kalyanna Williams says that there are opportunities for non-farm youth in the dairy industry, she speaks from experience. Williams, who recently took the job […]

Jul
10th
WN@tL this week: Dave Nelson to discuss the centennials of two major CALS discoveries
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WN@tL this week: Dave Nelson to discuss the centennials of two major CALS discoveries

Two 100-year-old biochemistry discoveries will be the focus of this week’s Wednesday Night @ the Lab talk. Dave Nelson, emeritus professor in the Department of […]

Jul
10th