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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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
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? […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]