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Why Wisconsin Farmers are Protesting Gov. Walker's Budget Bill
by Rory Linnane | 05/10/2011 - 4:09pm

State farmers worry about cuts to BadgerCare, farmland preservation programs

Tags: Food, City
Kipp Contamination Spreads to Neighborhood Basement
by Hannah McClung | 05/04/2011 - 9:27am

Several residents to the east of Madison-Kipp Corporation’s Waubesa plant were informed last week that there are elevated levels of contaminated soil vapors under their homes.

Tags: Food, Environment, City, Schenk-Atwood- Starkweather
Students “Mob” Local Farms, Lending a Much-Needed Hand
by Taylor Curley | 04/25/2011 - 10:59pm

Most professors assign essays for extra credit. Jack Kloppenburg takes a different approach.

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From the Classroom to the Fields: Student Environmental Group Focuses on Sustainability, Helps Farmers
by Taylor Curley | 04/25/2011 - 10:25pm

In the spring of 2008, UW-Madison sophomore Xavier Curtis sat in a crammed lecture hall anxiously waiting for class to start. As students piled into the rickety wooden seats and the chatter quieted down, Professor Jack Kloppenberg wrote the name of the class on the blackboard: “IES 112, Introduction to Environmental Studies.”

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Community Volunteers Grow School Gardens, Nurture Healthy Kids (Part 1/2)
by Rory Linnane | 03/22/2011 - 4:54pm

When students at Midvale Elementary enter their schoolyard, they are greeted by a veritable fairytale. Delicate white moonflowers glow from the outer space garden patch. A beanstalk reaches into the sky above them. A sunflower hut beckons their imaginations.

But the children aren’t here to play. Carrying rulers, pencils and paper, they head for the math garden where they will track the growth of different plants—and maybe dally to pluck some fresh raspberries along the way.

Tags: Midvale Heights, Food, Education

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