February 2019
Join Us at the Big Ten Ag Alumni Reception
The annual Big Ten Ag Alumni Reception will be held at the National Press Club on Monday, March 4, from 6 - 8 p.m.

Enjoy hors d'oeuvres and refreshments as you reconnect with faculty, staff, and alumni from CALS and learn how the Big Ten colleges are working cooperatively on behalf of our land-grant mission. A special program will include a presentation by Dr. J. Scott Angle, the director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture at the USDA (and a fellow Big Ten alum).

Registration is being handled by Michigan State University this year. The deadline is Feb. 25. We hope to see you there!
Freedom Farmers

A soon-to-be-released book by Monica White, assistant professor of community and environmental sociology, takes a renewed look at the history of agriculture and its ties to the Black community.

Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement, available in March, combines historical analysis and first-hand accounts to expand the conversation surrounding agriculture as a form of resistance and its role in the current food justice and sovereignty movements in urban spaces such as Detroit, Milwaukee, Chicago, New York City, and New Orleans.
Get the Next Issue of Grow Digitally

The spring issue of Grow magazine will be here before you know it. In this forthcoming edition, we take a look at the science behind the "dirty" taste of beets, explore what it's like to be a part of a campus learning community, highlight a long-sought corn variety that fixes its own nitrogen, and much more.  

If you want to be among the first to read it, be sure to subscribe to the digital edition, and you'll get an email as soon as it's live online. If you prefer to keep tabs on social media, just follow us on Twitter.
Muscles and Healthy Aging

As part of the Wisconsin Alumni Association's "Healthy Aging Series," assistant professor of nutritional sciences Adam Kuchnia will speak about "Imaging Markers of Muscle Physiology: Implications in Aging and Disease." 

Learn how a lack of adequate tools for clinically assessing muscle acts as a major obstacle in the care of older adults but also presents an opportunity to develop better strategies to improve healthy aging and minimize the ramifications of disease.

The free talk will be held on March 14 from 7 - 8 p.m. at the Capitol Lakes Retirement Community in Madison, Wisconsin.
Beyond the Bacon in Pierce County

Jake Sailer, a graduate of the inaugural class of UW-Madison's Master Meat Crafter Training Program, is the owner of a fourth-generation company, Sailer's Food Market & Meat Processing Inc., in Elmwood, Wisconsin. 

Now celebrating 95 years in business, the market has gained acclaim since Sailer started submitting its products to competitions and racking up awards: 80 from the Wisconsin Association of Meat Processors and 58 national honors since 2004. Through it all, he says, he continues to learn. Read more.
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