Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences

We're posting on behalf of our partners, the UW Organic Collaborative! Join us April 8th and 9th for an international summit themed "Organic Agriculture as a Solution to Global Challenges." Learn from local and international panelists on how organic agriculture is supporting the world. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gFDQRdwK

Learn about biopiracy and Indigenous sovereignty with our department's Claudia Irene Calderón and Jean-Michel Ané on April 3rd from 6-8PM in Howard Auditorium in the Fluno Center. This panel discussion will feature the following panelists: legal scholar Ikechi Mgbeoji?(York University),?Clayton Brascoupe, the Program Director of the Traditional Native American Farmers Association; and UW-Madison’s?Claudia?Calderón,?Jean-Michel Ané?and emeritus sociologist?Jack Kloppenburg. https://lnkd.in/dg7cA6V3

Allen Centennial Garden is hiring a full-time horticulturalist! This role tends to the Garden's plants and is key to community building events. Read the full position description and apply here by March 18: https://lnkd.in/e5jvTYED

Congrats, Guilherme Chudzik, on receiving the Foundation for Environmental Agriculture Education's Dr. Edward H. Lloyd Memorial Scholarship! Read more about the scholarship and Chudzik's weed management research with Dr. Rodrigo Werle in the WiscWeeds lab: https://lnkd.in/gBJUVdn7

Join us for a delightful Herbarium tour and explore the beauty of nature together!" ????

Allen Centennial Garden, a public botanical garden housed in our department, does important work to support and protect pollinators. The Garden has a honey bee hive and a "bee hotel" for native solitary nesting bees. Staff collect honey, providing insight on the honey collection process and on the pollinators that support our ecosystems. Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/dpvv8FXN

We're #hiring! The Office of Sustainability is looking for a graduate student to join our team as a writer and editor. This year-long, 50% Project Assistantship comes with tuition remission and a stipend, with the potential for renewal. Responsibilities: ? Brainstorm, research, and write news articles and feature stories about campus sustainability initiatives, research, events, and people ? Train student interns in writing and editing articles for a broad readership ? Help facilitate the annual Sustainability Writing Awards ? Oversee collaboration with LSC 561: Writing Science for the Public, including guest lecturing and editing sustainability expert profiles ? Identify, pursue, and/or facilitate other interdisciplinary learning collaborations ? Start date: June 2, 2025 (negotiable; latest date September 1) To apply, please send your cover letter and resume/CV to Nathan Jandl at [email protected] by 11:59pm on Sunday, February 23!

Congrats to Amaya Atucha, Jed Colquhoun, Juan Zalapa, and Jyostna Devi Mura for their recent awards from the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association (WSCGA) Board of Directors! WSCGA recently awarded the Service to Industry Award, the highest recognition given by the association, to a group of six researchers for their collaborative efforts in advancing the cranberry industry. The honorees include: - David Jones, for his contributions to cranberry research and extension as Senior Agricultural Scientist for Ocean Spray in the Midwest Region. - Jed Colquhoun, for his work at the intersection of agricultural systems and natural resources as a Professor and Extension Specialist working in commercial fruit and vegetable production and IPM Program Director at the University of Wisconsin-Madison - Amaya Atucha, for her research on cold climate adaptability and fruit production systems with UW Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences. - Dr. Juan E. Zalapa, for his groundbreaking work in cranberry genetics and genomics as a leading research geneticist with the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) at the Vegetable Crops Research Unit and a Professor of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. - Leslie Holland, for her research on cranberry disease management with UW Department of Plant Pathology. - Dr. Jyostna Devi Mura, for her research on cranberry physiology and sustainable production strategies as a Research Molecular Biologist at the United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service We're very proud of the great work being done in our department to support and serve local agriculture.

Join us this February for a series of events honoring Black History Month. UW-Madison's theme this year is Embracing Intersectionality: Celebrating the Rich Tapestry of Black Identity, which honors the collective and individualized experiences within the Black community based on identities such as ability, gender, sexuality, class, religion, and more. Celebrate and support #UWBHM by attending an upcoming event: go.wisc.edu/bhm

On Thursday, Feb. 20, Wisconsin Healthy Grown potatoes and Hancock Agricultural Research Station will be featured on the PBS Wisconsin TV show Wisconsin Foodie! Tune in at 7:30pm to learn about the program, the CALS agricultural research station dedicated to potato research, and of course, potatoes. Read more at https://lnkd.in/gW9-syCm.