One morning in mid-September, Jed Colquhoun, an expert in fruit and vegetable production systems, hopped on the phone to discuss the state of cranberries and climate change in the state of Wisconsin, our country’s most bountiful producer of that tart indigenous berry.
LONG BEFORE THE STALAGMITES SAT on Ian Orland’s desk in Madison, Wisconsin, they jutted up from the floor the Soreq Cave in Israel’s Judean Hills, 18 miles west of Jerusalem. There, in the dripping darkness, the mounds of calcite were standing witness to the world outside.
After Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway broke with city policy and decided to waive the cost of police services for a youth climate rally in September, her office is crafting a new policy to waive fees for other groups exercising their free speech rights.
Over Ada Deer’s life, she has been a social worker, activist, professor, lobbyist, and author. She joins host Chali Pittman in studio to talk about her life, work, and American Indian history.
A student working for a multicultural community at a UW-Madison residence hall is on paid leave following complaints over their alleged racial comments.
Widely criticized by many on the left, Wisconsin’s deal with Foxconn Technology Group is now also under fire from the right side of the political spectrum.
DreamUp WI, which seeks to reduce racial, ethnic, and geographic economic disparities in the Dane County, has announced seven semi-finalists in the second year of a local competition. The Alliance for the American Dream Challenge looks to increase the net incomes of 10,000 Dane County families by 10 percent by 2022.
MADISON, Wis. – In keeping with the spirit of the holiday we reflect on what’s behind the feast so many of us enjoyed and too many of us take for granted. The availability and sustainability of good food is not guaranteed.
Noted: “It’s like an apartment building of sorts,” explains Jordan Gerth, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. “There’s some general expectation that everybody keeps relatively quiet. In the spectrum land, we have our meteorological application, our science applications, and those that require a very quiet environment and [quiet] adjacent environment. But the telecom signals are typically very loud, and are also susceptible to leaking outside their space.
Noted: Paul Mitchell, director of the Renk Agribusiness Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said farmers have received a small portion of food dollars for years. He said the trend is driven by consumers’ desire to buy the cheapest food products available.
Noted: According to Jerry O’Brien, Executive Director of the Kohl’s Center for Retailing at UW-Madison, while the crowds may not seem as big as they did a decade ago, Thanksgiving weekend still brings out roughly 170 million shoppers. That’s why, he said it’s still serious business for big box retailers.
Noted: “Farmers had prepared themselves for three-year cycles, but not five,” said Mark Stephenson, director of Dairy Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: “We’ve been salting very heavily for going on 60 years,” said Hilary Dugan, an assistant professor in freshwater sciences at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
