Registration is now open for the eight annual Great Lakes Great Apple Crunch on October 14, 2021! To support you in planning your best Crunch… Read more: Let’s All Crunch! Apple Crunch Webinar Series

Wisconsin is a national leader in organic agriculture, not only in the number of certified organic farms and processors within the state, but also with respect to the diversity of organic products raised and sold.

The ride will start and end at Birch Lake Park, Barneveld. Rider check-in begins at 7:45am and riders depart at 8:30am! Visit the Ride to… Read more: Please join us for the 17th Annual Ride to Farm on June 5th 2021!

Join CIAS and the students of Agroecology 702 Thursday April 8 for a special guest lecture by UW Professor Emeritus Jess Gilbert on his book Planning Democracy: Agrarian Intellectuals and the Intended New Deal.

Register for live session April 15, 3:30 central. As part of a series on Covid-19 & the Food System: Understanding Impacts & Exploring Solutions, CIAS… Read more: The Next Normal: Restructuring Food Supply Chains

Tell us your story! Take this short survey to help us understand the impact of COVID-19 on your food business.

The Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems (CIAS) invites graduate student applications for our summer mini-grant program, which is made possible through a generous donation from… Read more: 2021 Call for CIAS Mini-grant Proposals – due Mar. 15

CIAS Citizens Advisory Council (CAC) meeting member Dan Cornelius gave a presentation on tribal food systems in Wisconsin at the group’s August 24, 2020 meeting.… Read more: Indigenous food sovereignty in Wisconsin

As part of the rapidly changing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the CIAS office is closed until further notice. Staff are working remotely through until… Read more: COVID-19 Update

The CIAS 2019-2020 Annual Report describes our activities to advance sustainable agricultural and food systems. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020, we immediately… Read more: CIAS 2019-20 Annual Report

Recently updated Price Tags/Cost Tags illustrate the environmental, social and health costs behind chicken, dairy products, eggs, hamburgers, potatoes, apples and tomatoes.

Compass Tools are designed to help growers improve on-farm decision making and financial farm planning. A new and improved Livestock Compass spreadsheet is now available for meat and egg producers on CIAS’s Compass Toolbox website.

As part of the rapidly changing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the CIAS office is closed. Staff are working remotely.

Join F.H. King Students for Sustainable Agriculture in dinner and conversation about agricultural education and participatory development with PhD candidate Laura Livingston. Laura’s Peace Corps… Read more: CANCELLED: Get the Dirt Dinner: Empowering Local Growers

CIAS summer mini-grants support UW-Madison graduate students doing research aligned with our priority areas.

Farmers and agricultural professionals from around the state are coming together to share and learn about all things cover crops. Whether you’re a seasoned cover… Read more: Wisconsin Cover Crops Conference

CIAS is hosting schools for aspiring cut flower and apple growers this spring.

Flowers are a crop that can be profitably grown on a small plot of land. Successful operations require savvy marketing, astute pricing and efficient methods… Read more: Wisconsin Cut Flower Growers School

The Midwest School for Beginning Apple Growers, a three-day workshop for people wanting to start an orchard business, will be offered March 6-8 on the… Read more: Midwest School for Beginning Apple Growers

In 2018-19, CIAS engaged in participatory research driven by the needs of small and medium Wisconsin farms and related businesses. Not only does this participatory approach help us identify potential research projects, it also humanizes the stark statistics that chronicle the enduring agricultural crisis.