Food Science
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Sweeter beets and purple broccoli: The latest in vegetables
Irwin Goldman recently visited WPR’s “The Larry Meiller Show” to discuss new vegetable varieties.
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UW study: Mice live longer, healthier lives with less of one amino acid
A calorie is not just a calorie. That’s the lesson University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers said they demonstrated in a new study where mice lost weight while eating more. The study, […]
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Wisconsin scientists study how to keep cheese fresh and prolong the squeakiness of cheese curds
At the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Dairy Research, tasting cheese is serious business. “Everything is prescribed, down to what temperature we taste at, how many chews we do, how […]
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Northwoods tribal leader reflects on 40th anniversary of court protecting treaty rights
This year marks the 40th anniversary of a landmark ruling that reaffirmed the 1837 treaty rights of a northern Wisconsin tribe to hunt, fish and gather on ceded territory. In […]
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Bayfield farm launches new tree species made to clean pollution, thrive in Midwest
Lake Superior and the Apostle Islands dwell below a Bayfield hilltop orchard where, for a short time this summer, mature apple trees were accompanied by 100 potted poplars. The young […]
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Wisconsin native’s aged gouda is ‘best cheese’ in America, contest says
Eric Schmid grew up in Monticello and landed his first cheese-making job near Browntown. Now, the Wisconsin native is the year’s U.S. Cheese Champion. Schmid worked for Wisconsin cheese producers […]
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New CDC study finds only 10 percent of Wisconsinites getting daily recommended values of fruits, vegetables
Only 1 in 10 Wisconsinites were meeting the daily recommendations for incorporating fruits and vegetables into their diets two years ago, according to a federal study released earlier this month. […]
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Dream, scheme and go for it: Farming couple wins Leopold Conservation Award after trusting the universe
It was a leap of faith. Dorothy and John Priske put their trust in the universe when in the late 1990s the couple shifted their farming model from growing corn […]
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Wisconsin’s First Bio-Secure Yellow Perch Hatchery Celebrates First Harvest
The Farmory, an indoor growing center in Green Bay, provides educational programming about sustainable agriculture and aquaculture. It’s also home to the state’s first bio-secure yellow perch hatchery. The Brown […]
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WisContext: 1 In 3 Wisconsinites Is Obese, But The Keto Diet Likely Won’t Reduce That Rate
Despite the millions of Americans who go on a diet each year, obesity rates are higher than ever thanks, in part, to lifestyle. In Wisconsin, only 50% of adults meet […]
