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About us
The Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems (CIAS) is a research center at the University of Wisconsin's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. We were created in 1989 to build UW sustainable agriculture research programs that respond to farmer and citizen needs...and involve them in setting research agendas. This means that human relationships are at the core of everything we do.
We build meaningful citizen involvement into our programs with the help of a Citizens Advisory Council.
A Faculty Associates group helps us develop relationships with faculty members representing a broad range of academic disciplines.
CIAS staff members work with these partners to create flexible, multidisciplinary research and education/training projects.
Who funds our work?
The research and outreach of CIAS is supported by state funds, as well as grants and gifts from:
- American Farmland Trust
- College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service
- Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative
- North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation
- Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protetion
- 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
1450 Linden 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.