UW-Madison CIAS

Forget quiet quitting—we need to talk about quiet fleecing. Workers are more productive than ever, but their pay hasn’t kept pace while top 1% wages have skyrocketed.

.@USDA accepted more than 3.1 million acres into this year’s Grassland CRP signup - the largest signup in the program’s history! But it’s not too late for you to participate. Learn more: bit.ly/3asrddb

From our research at @UWMadisonCIAS and w/ collaborators we know how farmers are constrained by technology and supply. They still innovate, and we rely on farmers to teach us about cover cropping in Wisconsin. But it's risky. Failure is real, transition takes time. 2/7

Integrated systems approach! Nice infographic on capturing the benefits of how cropping and livestock can work together. From the folks at @GLBW_UMN & @SAREProgram #infographic" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">greenlandsbluewaters.org/match-made-in-…

Important reading. We are facing this food system crisis despite being in "a time of great abundance." theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Here's a terrific way to support new farmers in Wisconsin and spend a day on your bike in gorgeous country. Help the Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers raise funds and support for the next generation of farmer-stewards! go.dojiggy.io/ridetofarm

Happy to see Becca Dower, a 2017 #CIASminigrant recipient, presenting at the upcoming 2022 AFHVS/ASFS Conference in Athens. Her talk this Friday is, 'At the Confluence of Exchange: The Geography of Cooperation in Winnipeg’s Indigenous Foodsystems.' cultivatingconnections2022.uga.edu

Apply!!! @sustainableag & @saafon4farmers are pleased to announce the Cynthia Hayes Memorial Scholarship! Black & Indigenous students committed to working on issues that directly impact Black farmers & who are members of @NationalMANRRS Deadline May 30 hubs.ly/Q019Y6pP0

Register today!! The sun will be shining (promise).

To graze or . . . to graze better!? New tool helps dairy farmers explore the economics of grazing dairy heifers, a collab with our own John Hendrickson & @Grassland2_0 🐄🍀💵 grasslandag.org/the-heifer-gra…

Join Cafe Noir for a panel discussion with Leah Thomas author of The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet , Leah Penniman author of Farming While Black, and Tilth Memphis!

Art+Fruit+History+❤️ Open Orchard: 50 trees grafted w/ historical varieties of peaches, plums, apricots, nectarines, cherries, apples grown in the NYC region over the past 400 years, but which have been nearly lost. Lots of good community programming too. samvanaken.com/open-orchard

Great to see this important and timely research from CIAS collaborations. @mmmille6

"It's time to stop focusing on protein and see the whole picture." Integrated thinking in a new report from @IPESfood on why we need to resist meat techno-solutions & think about diverse, regenerative food production practices. ipes-food.org/pages/politics…

If you pay attention to policy incentives for midwest farmers to pursue environmental practices, you'll be keen to read the new excellent report out from @IATP . Great data and solid recommendations. iatp.org/documents/paym…

Five leaders from the Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts (WICCI) network will provide an overview of their recently released 2021 report. Catch it on April 20th at noon. wisconsinacademy.org/civicrm/event/…

@mmmille6 Identifying Critical Thresholds for Resilient Regional Food Flows: A Case Study From the U.S. Upper Midwest frontiersin.org/article/10.338…

Did you know that the food we eat is mostly moved by truck? What do truck drivers deal with?

Trucking is to farming like pollination is to flowering plants—and yeah, truckers (and bees) are in trouble. @iamjohnoliver helps explain the squeeze. youtube.com/watch?v=phieTC…

Our Citizen Advisory Committee member Scott Mericka of Uplands Cheese (yum!) featured here as among Wisconsin's smaller-scale farmers pursuing a "new roadmap" for milk and cheese businesses. We ❤️ diversity in agriculture. pbswisconsin.org/news-item/wisc…

Keep it covered. go.usa.gov/k563 #soilhealth