Agriculture

Produce Farmers Place New Emphasis On Food Safety

WisContext

Farmers who follow food safety best practices produce better quality produce that last longer on the market and in consumers' kitchens. The harvest, storage and handling processes intended to minimize pathogens that cause illness in humans also target the organisms that cause produce to decay.

Series: Food Security And Assistance In Wisconsin

What Gets Overlooked In Wisconsin's Food Stamp Conversation

Scott Gordon

WisContext

With the release of Gov. Scott Walker's 2017-19 budget proposal, Wisconsin is again debating how distribution of food stamps should work.

Series: CAFOs, Manure And Water

Bayfield County Presses State For More Authority To Protect Water Resources From Farm Runoff

Danielle Kaeding

Wisconsin Public Radio

Bayfield County is looking for more leeway from the state to protect water quality from potential farm runoff, but state officials say their hands are tied to the letter of the law.

Series: The Dairy State Economy

Series: Wisconsin's Diverse Waves Of Immigration

Deportation And What It Means For Dairy Farms And Their Employees

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Frederica Freyberg

PBS Wisconsin

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John Rosenow is a dairy farmer in Buffalo County who employs workers from Mexico. He discusses the federal government's plans to step up deportation, and how it could be detrimental to him and other dairy farmers.

Series: Food Security And Assistance In Wisconsin

Wisconsinites Discuss Changes To Food Stamp Training Requirements

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Frederica Freyberg

PBS Wisconsin

A state budget proposal would extend the requirement that people work 80 hours a month to receive food stamps to parents of school-aged children. It would also move forward with drug testing as a requirement for food stamp recipients.

Series: The Dairy State Economy

Series: Wisconsin Ag And Global Trade

The Origins Of Wisconsin's Kerrygold Underground

Scott Gordon

WisContext

At least one Wisconsinite drives to Nebraska and back to buy Ireland's most famous non-alcoholic export: grass-fed Kerrygold butter. Fans can't buy this product in Wisconsin because a state law enacted in the 1970s.

Series: Local Food Science

Clean Hop Program Seeks To Beat Disease And Better Bitter Beer

Kristian Knutsen

WisContext

The flowering of craft beer over the past decade was accompanied and aided by an arms race to scale new heights of bitter flavors.

Wisconsin Reacts To New Immigration Enforcement Policies

Hope Kirwan

Wisconsin Public Radio

Wisconsinites have mixed reactions to the Department of Homeland Security's new plans for detaining and removing more undocumented immigrants.

5 Ways To Prune Trees And Promote Growth

Vijai Pandian

UW-Extension

When temperatures warm in late winter and early spring, it's a good time to take advantage of these conditions to plan tree pruning.

What Infants Need As They Transition To Solid Food

Beth Olson

UW-Madison

Robert Davis

UW-Extension

Learning what to feed an infant can be a confusing process filled with different information from multiple sources. But parents just want to find the right information to safely provide their babies with a nutritious diet.