Stories indexed under: Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems

Total: 9

  • Beginning farmer school seeks cyclists, pledges for ride to farm fundraiser May 12, 2011 The Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers wants to put 100 bicyclists on the road on Saturday, June 11, to support the next generation of farmers.
  • Wisconsin cheese could get boost from ‘driftless’ label Feb. 4, 2011 The culture, geography and biology of a place give unique flavors to local food products, a concept that could help a group of small Wisconsin cheesemakers in its search to carve out a niche in the crowded marketplace for cheese.
  • Apples Native pollinators: Key to sustainable fruit production? Aug. 5, 2010 As a group of students ogles wild flowers on a sunny day at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum, the blooming dotted mint, iron weed and black-eyed susans are certainly glorious. But these adult students are not concentrating on the flowers. Instead, they are focusing on the insects busily pollinating those blooms.
  • Cyclists pedal for pledges to support UW School for Beginning Farmers May 11, 2009 Friends of the Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers (WSBDF) will be pedaling for pledges when they wheel out of Dane County's Lake Farm Park on Friday, June 12, for the sixth annual Ride to Farm.
  • Find local food with the 2009 Southern Wisconsin Farm Fresh Atlas April 2, 2009 Whether you are cooking at home or enjoying a meal out on the town, the 2009 Southern Wisconsin Farm Fresh Atlas can steer you to local, sustainably grown food. The 2009 edition will be available for free in Madison and across southern Wisconsin beginning April 18.
  • School for beginning market vegetable growers set for January Oct. 29, 2008 Aspiring fresh market vegetable growers can learn the fundamentals of the business from veteran growers and other experts at the 2009 Wisconsin School for Beginning Market Growers, Jan. 16-18, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
  • University encouraged to 'eat local' Sept. 5, 2008 Members of the university community are being encouraged to participate in the Wisconsin Eat Local Challenge today (Sept. 5) through Sunday, Sept. 14, by spending at least 10 percent of their food budgets on locally grown and raised Wisconsin food during that 10-day period.
  • Students launch community-supported agriculture farm on campus June 17, 2008 Members of UW-Madison's F.H. King Students for Sustainable Agriculture have started the university's first community-supported agriculture farm.
  • Farm Fresh Atlas makes it easy to find locally grown food April 17, 2007 You've heard that eating food grown close to home is good for the environment, family farms, our local economy and your health. But putting local food on your plate can be a challenge if you don't know where to buy it.