Staff

The mailing address for all CIAS staff members is: CIAS 1535 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706
Carusi, Cris

Carusi, Cris

Communications manager
Phone: (608) 262-8018
FAX: (608) 265-3020
cecarusi@wisc.edu

Cates, Dick

Cates, Dick

Coordinator, Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers
Phone: (608) 588-2836
FAX: (608) 265-3020
rlcates@wisc.edu

Day Farnsworth, Lindsey

Project assistant, food systems
Phone: (608) 890-2433
FAX: (608) 265-3020
ldfarnsworth@wisc.edu

Haza, Trish

Center administrator
Phone: (608) 262-5200
FAX: (608) 265-3020
phaza@wisc.edu

Hendrickson, John

Hendrickson, John

Outreach specialist, fresh market vegetables and food systems
Coordinator, Wisconsin School for Beginning Market Growers
Phone: (608) 265-3704
FAX: (608) 265-3020
jhendric@wisc.edu

Hirsch, Regina

Hirsch, Regina

Eco-Fruit Project
Phone: (608) 265-3637
FAX: (608) 265-3020
regina.hirsch@sbcglobal.net

Lyon, Alexandra

Project assistant, Driftless food systems project
ahlyon@wisc.edu

Mayerfeld, Diane

Sustainable agriculture curriculum coordinator
Phone: (608) 262-8188
FAX: (608) 265-3020
dbmayerfeld@wisc.edu

McNair, Ruth

McNair, Ruth

Editor
Phone: (608) 265-6479
FAX: (608) 265-3020
ramcnair@wisc.edu

Miller, Michelle

Miller, Michelle

Associate Director
Phone: (608) 262-7135
FAX: (608) 265-3020
mmmille6@wisc.edu

Pfeiffer, Anne

Ag Innovations Specialist, UW-Extension
Phone: (608) 890-1905
FAX: (608) 265-3020
anne.pfeiffer@ces.uwex.edu

Pratsch, Samuel

Project assistant, Eco-Fruit
Phone: (608) 265-3637
FAX: (608) 265-3020
spratsch@wisc.edu

Schuster, Don

Agricultural economist, small grains and cropping systems, alternative crops
Phone: (608) 262-7879
FAX: (608) 265-3020
schuster@aae.wisc.edu

Sieffert, Mark

Eco-apple project assistant
sieffert@wisc.edu

Stevenson, Steve

Stevenson, Steve

Senior Scientist Emeritus
Phone: (608) 262-5202
FAX: (608) 265-3020
gwsteven@wisc.edu

Taylor, Jennifer

Taylor, Jennifer

Grazing, School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers
Phone: (608) 265-7914
Fax: (608) 265-3020
jtaylor4@wisc.edu

Tedeschi, Sara

Great Lakes Farm to School Network Coordinator
Phone: (608) 513-3980
smtedeschi@wisc.edu

Wubben, Doug

Wisconsin Homegrown Lunch coordinator
Phone: (608) 263-6064
dwubben@wisc.edu

Vegetable Storage Crops Workshop

Learn how to extend your marketing season by growing and selling winter storage crops like carrots, beets, winter squash, cabbage, potatoes, onions, garlic and more. This workshop will be held on December 4 in Hudson and December 11 in Madison. For details, see the workshop flyer. Hope to see you there!

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CIAS in the community

CIAS Hosts Annual Meeting of Eco-Apple Growers

On Thursday, November 12, CIAS hosted its annual meeting of apple growers engaged in its Eco-Apple pesticide reduction program. Notably, the group of 48 growers celebrated the successful completion of a six-year effort designed to reduce the use of pesticides on orchards throughout Wisconsin. During the course of the program, all reporting orchards demonstrated a reduced reliance on pesticides in favor of a diversity of IPM strategies, and some realized a near-total elimination of organophosphate applications. CIAS thanks its team of growers for their enthusiastic and committed participation. In particular, CIAS wishes to thank Dave Flannery, Wendy Schafer, Bill Stone and Anna Maenner for their fortitude in seeing this phase of the project through to a successful conclusion. UW rsearchers Dan Mahr, Patty McManus, Matt Stasiak and Teryl Roper have been critical to the project’s success. Thanks also to EPA-V and the USDA for their support and encouragement.

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