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The research and outreach of CIAS is supported by state funds, as well as grants and gifts from:

  • Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment
  • Center for Food and Justice, Occidental College
  • College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service
  • Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative
  • Michael Fields Agricultural Institute
  • Midwest Organic Services Association
  • Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Services
  • North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
  • Organic Valley Family of Farms
  • REAP Food Group
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • University of Wisconsin-Extension
  • University of Wisconsin-Foundation
  • W.K. Kellogg Foundation
  • Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
  • Wisconsin Farmers Union
  • Individual donors

If you would like to contribute to the work of CIAS…

Your financial gift to CIAS will support our research and outreach on sustainable agriculture. You can send your contribution directly to:
CIAS
Attn: Trish Haza
1535 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Checks should be made payable to UW-Madison CIAS.

If you wish to discuss your contribution with our director, please contact Brent McCown at (608) 262-5201 or bhmccown@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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