CIAS in the community
How do we get more local produce in the marketplace?
On December 8th, CIAS co-hosted a meeting for 50 public and private sector leaders to discuss the opportunities and challenges of fresh produce aggregation and distribution in Wisconsin. This meeting was supported in part by the Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment, a UW-Madison based fund designed to foster public engagement and advance the Wisconsin Idea. The [...more]
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Baldwin Local/Regional Food Distribution Project
Launched in January 2008, the Baldwin Local/Regional Food Distribution Project aims to develop a regional distribution system that can provide many different kinds of Wisconsin farmers with the means to deliver their products to high-volume markets. During the spring of 2008, we began a series of interviews with a dozen mid-scale growers and distributors as [...more]
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Food, Farms and Our Future
CIAS advisory council members and staff talked about organic farming, sustainable agriculture and locally grown food as part of the 4th Street Forum at Milwaukee Turner Hall on November 20th. The forum aired on Milwaukee Public Television the following weekend. CIAS participants included former advisory council member Will Allen from Growing Power, who [...more]
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Cultivating Sustainable Agriculture Conference
On October 31st and November 1st, 64 people met at UW-Madison to discuss sustainable agriculture programs and initiatives on college campuses. Fifteen institutions including tech colleges, two and four year colleges, and postgraduate programs were represented at this conference. Highlights included workshops that provided an abundance of networking opportunities, engaged and excited students, and great [...more]
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Soil Fertility Field Days
Fresh market vegetable farmers and University specialists examined soil fertility management strategies and practices at two October field days. The first event was held on the farm of Henry Brockman near Congerville, Illinois on October 20 and attracted 30 people. Henry detailed his four-year rotation that features two years of perennial [...more]
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Institutional Food Market Coalition
Doug Wubben and Michelle Miller attended the Institutional Food Market coalition meeting at the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP). 38 participants heard from institutional food service buyers about their experiences purchasing from the Badgerland Produce Auction and the other three local food auctions around the state. Local food purchasing among the [...more]
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Cover Crops Workshop
On October 1, about 50 Extension agents, soil conservationists, and county soil and water department staff packed the meeting room at the Hancock Agricultural Research Station to learn about using cover crops in Wisconsin. The morning was devoted to presentations on a variety of cover crop applications, including a talk by [...more]
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Voluntary standards for sustainable agriculture
CIAS observed the inaugural meeting of the Leonardo Academy’s effort to develop ANSI standards on sustainable agriculture. The two-day meeting brought together farmers, processors, retailers, environmental groups, labor and other organizations to begin a two-year process to create a voluntary national standard for sustainability. The process is controversial, both for the sustainable agriculture community and [...more]
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Food for Thought
CIAS was at the Food for Thought festival in Madison this weekend. Food for Thought, which is organized by REAP Food Group, celebrated its tenth anniversary this year. The CIAS exhibit included a game where visitors could test their knowledge of sustainable agriculture. Many thanks to everyone who stopped by our table to chat and [...more]
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Badgerland Produce Auction tour
Institutional and retail food buyers from around Wisconsin joined CIAS Associate Director Michelle Miller for a visit to the the Badgerland Produce Auction in Montello on August 18. More than 200 farmers pool their produce for sale at this auction, which runs 2-3 times weekly, depending on the season. Miller learned that the auction offers [...more]
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CIAS in the community
How do we get more local produce in the marketplace?
On December 8th, CIAS co-hosted a meeting for 50 public and private sector leaders to discuss the opportunities and challenges of fresh produce aggregation and distribution in Wisconsin. This meeting was supported in part by the Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment, a UW-Madison based fund designed to foster public engagement and advance the Wisconsin Idea. The December 8th meeting exemplified the Wisconsin Idea, bringing together university and other public sector advocates and private sector food industry business leaders. The agenda for this meeting was designed to identify and begin addressing the key barriers to greater local food sale in Wisconsin and the upper Midwest. Notes from this meeting will be available shortly. For more information, contact Anne Pfeiffer, 608-890-1905.
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