Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems (CIAS) = collaborative research on resilient agriculture & food systems, linking farmers, stakeholders & researchers.
Joined April 2011
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UW-Madison CIAS retweeted
8 Sep 2022
Forget quiet quitting—we need to talk about quiet fleecing. Workers are more productive than ever, but their pay hasn’t kept pace while top 1% wages have skyrocketed.
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UW-Madison CIAS retweeted
12 Jul 2022
.@USDA accepted more than 3.1 million acres into this year’s Grassland CRP signup - the largest signup in the program’s history! But it’s not too late for you to participate. Learn more: bit.ly/3asrddb
ALT cows standing in grass
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UW-Madison CIAS retweeted
9 Jul 2022
From our research at @UWMadisonCIAS and w/ collaborators we know how farmers are constrained by technology and supply. They still innovate, and we rely on farmers to teach us about cover cropping in Wisconsin. But it's risky. Failure is real, transition takes time. 2/7
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20 May 2022
Integrated systems approach! Nice infographic on capturing the benefits of how cropping and livestock can work together. From the folks at @GLBW_UMN & @SAREProgram greenlandsbluewaters.org/mat…
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20 May 2022
Important reading. We are facing this food system crisis despite being in "a time of great abundance." theguardian.com/commentisfre…
17 May 2022
Here's a terrific way to support new farmers in Wisconsin and spend a day on your bike in gorgeous country. Help the Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers raise funds and support for the next generation of farmer-stewards! go.dojiggy.io/ridetofarm
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11 May 2022
Happy to see Becca Dower, a 2017 #CIASminigrant recipient, presenting at the upcoming 2022 AFHVS/ASFS Conference in Athens. Her talk this Friday is, 'At the Confluence of Exchange: The Geography of Cooperation in Winnipeg’s Indigenous Foodsystems.' cultivatingconnections2022.u…
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UW-Madison CIAS retweeted
10 May 2022
Apply!!! @sustainableag & @saafon4farmers are pleased to announce the Cynthia
Hayes Memorial Scholarship! Black & Indigenous students committed to working on
issues that directly impact Black farmers & who are members of @NationalMANRRS
Deadline May 30
hubs.ly/Q019Y6pP0
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3 May 2022
Register today!! The sun will be shining (promise).
29 Apr 2022
The UW School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers is seeking registrations and pledges for its 18th annual Ride to Farm fundraiser on June 4! This event supports the next generation of dairy and livestock farmers.
Read more: ow.ly/5a6W50IUNCL @UWMadisonCIAS
29 Apr 2022
To graze or . . . to graze better!? New tool helps dairy farmers explore the economics of grazing dairy heifers, a collab with our own John Hendrickson & @Grassland2_0 🐄🍀💵 grasslandag.org/the-heifer-g…
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UW-Madison CIAS retweeted
23 Apr 2022
Join Cafe Noir for a panel discussion with Leah Thomas author of The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People Planet , Leah Penniman author of Farming While Black, and Tilth Memphis!
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19 Apr 2022
Art Fruit History ❤️ Open Orchard: 50 trees grafted w/ historical varieties of peaches, plums, apricots, nectarines, cherries, apples grown in the NYC region over the past 400 years, but which have been nearly lost. Lots of good community programming too. samvanaken.com/open-orchard
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15 Apr 2022
Great to see this important and timely research from CIAS collaborations. @mmmille6
15 Apr 2022
Happy to share our new study in which we model cold chain food flows between counties in the United States!
We also estimate the carbon footprint of this refrigerated food trucking.
Paper: iopscience.iop.org/article/1…
Data: databank.illinois.edu/datase…
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15 Apr 2022
"It's time to stop focusing on protein and see the whole picture." Integrated thinking in a new report from @IPESfood on why we need to resist meat techno-solutions & think about diverse, regenerative food production practices. ipes-food.org/pages/politics…
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14 Apr 2022
If you pay attention to policy incentives for midwest farmers to pursue environmental practices, you'll be keen to read the new excellent report out from @IATP . Great data and solid recommendations. iatp.org/documents/payments-…
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14 Apr 2022
Five leaders from the Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts (WICCI) network will provide an overview of their recently released 2021 report. Catch it on April 20th at noon. wisconsinacademy.org/civicrm…
4 Apr 2022
Trucking is to farming like pollination is to flowering plants—and yeah, truckers (and bees) are in trouble. @iamjohnoliver helps explain the squeeze. youtube.com/watch?v=phieTCxQ…
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4 Apr 2022
Our Citizen Advisory Committee member Scott Mericka of Uplands Cheese (yum!) featured here as among Wisconsin's smaller-scale farmers pursuing a "new roadmap" for milk and cheese businesses. We ❤️ diversity in agriculture. pbswisconsin.org/news-item/w…
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1 Apr 2022
Kernza: it's heading toward a bright future @Grassland2_0
23 Mar 2022
Patagonia Provisions finds a new partner with Dogfish Head Craft Brewery on the new Kernza Pils that'll be available nationally.
Link: brewpublic.com/beer-releases…
#PatagoniaProvisions #DogfishHead #DogfishHeadCraftBrewery #KernzaPils #Kernza @LandInstitute
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