By Erik Stokstad Feb. 7, 2019 , 2:00 PM THE SACRED VALLEY OF THE INCAS IN PERU—On a bleak, brown hill here, David Ellis examines a […]

By Andrew Pearce Thierno Diallo at work at Gamou Organic Farms. Photos courtesy of Thierno Diallo A native of Mali, Thierno Diallo takes great pride in his […]

Sometimes, what farmers want and what chefs want lines up perfectly. A sweet pepper with rounded shoulders, like a Carmen Italian frying pepper, is easier […]

Claudia Calderón, assistant faculty associate in the Department of Horticulture, was selected to receive a Global Health Institute 2018 Faculty and Staff Travel Award. The […]

In remote villages and rural towns from Guatemala to Costa Rica, horticulture professor James Nienhuis and his former grad student Erick Gutiérrez MS’17 are improving […]

Have you thanked a crop breeder today? Public-sector plant breeders (for example, at public universities) have developed crops for better productivity. As a result, more […]

This project will launch a campus-wide Data Science Hub (DSHub), paving the way for an eventual Data Science Institute. The​ ​goal​ ​of​ ​DSHub​ ​is​ ​to​ […]

MADISON — Sevie Kenyon: Shelby, carrots are not just orange anymore, what colors are there? Shelby Ellison: You can find carrots in red, yellow, you can […]

Atucha’s research focuses on fruit crop physiology and production of deciduous fruit crops (cranberry, apple and grapes in particular). Her current research areas include cold […]

Yi Wang is an assistant professor with a research focus on potato and vegetable sustainable production. The goal of her research and extension program is […]