Dozens of cyclists will be riding through the rolling hills of rural Dane and Green counties on Saturday, June 2 in support of the next generation of dairy and livestock farmers. [...more]

This handbook include a wealth of practical information for both mentors and interns. It will help you successfully navigate every step of an on-farm internship including planning and goal setting, scheduling and communication during the internship, ending the internship, and more. [...more]

Want to grow your passion for growing flowers into a small business? The 2012 Wisconsin Cut Flower Growers School is a two-day workshop designed to help people who have that goal in mind. The workshop will be held February 18–19 on the UW-Madison campus. [...more]

The national Agriculture of the Middle initiative has produced three sets of curricular resources on value-based food supply chains for university-level business and economics courses. [...more]

Download the flyer for this school Are you interested in turning your passion for growing flowers into a small business? The two-day Wisconsin Cut Flower Growers School is designed to help new and beginning growers learn how to start a cut flower business, grow flowers using organic and sustainable practices, and market cut flowers. This workshop will [...] [...more]

Download the brochure for this school The Midwest School for Beginning Apple Growers, a three-day workshop for people wanting to start an orchard business, will be offered February 5-7, 2010 on the UW-Madison campus. The new school is being offered for the first time in response to a spate of interest in fruit production and local food. [...] [...more]

Download the brochure for this school The Wisconsin School for Beginning Market Growers, a three-day workshop for people wanting to start a fresh market vegetable farm, will be offered January 15-17 on the UW-Madison campus. While the increasing demand for local food creates opportunities for aspiring fresh market vegetable growers, it does not ensure a profitable or [...] [...more]

Wisconsin's colleges and universities offer a variety of classes and programs in sustainable agriculture, from practical skills taught at the technical colleges to a graduate degree in Agroecology at UW-Madison. In addition, student groups at a number of colleges offer non-formal opportunities for learning about and promoting sustainable agriculture. [...more]

Friends of the Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers will be pedaling for pledges when they roll out Friday, June 13 in the 5th Annual Ride to Farm. A group of determined cyclists will make a three-day trip from a farm near Nichols in Outagamie County to a farm at Elkhorn in Walworth County. [...] [...more]

F.H. King Students of Sustainable Agriculture is a student organization working to promote sustainable agriculture at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Founded in 1979, F.H. King was named after a UW professor and author of the 1911 book Farmers of Forty Centuries. Professor King was one of the first people to consider the sustainability of [...] [...more]