World-class research answering pressing questions.

Organic courses, certificates, and graduate programs.

Innovative organic outreach and extension.

We believe that healthy systems depend on diversity and inclusion—we depend on a deep network of partners to collectively grow organics.

We can’t do what we do without partnership and support. Read on to learn more about what partnership might look like for you, your organization, or your company.

Faculty and staff working in organic agriculture.

Certified organic acres at UW research stations.

Outside partners working with us on projects related to organic.

Years of organic programming.

  • Gregg Sanford

    One of the biggest take-aways is that organic systems can produce as much grain and forage as non-organic systems, so WICST has shown that the ‘feed the world’ critique isn’t an issue. Organics can do it. It’s more than that though – from a profitability standpoint organic tends to be the most profitable system that…

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  • Elena Hill

    Shekoli! I am an agroecology Master’s student working with Team Sweet. My research focuses on working with Indigenous seed keepers on seed sovereignty and seed keeping techniques. I will be conducting interviews with Tribal community members in Wisconsin. This work sits within a larger frame of interest relating to Indigenous agriculture, Tribal producers, and food…

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Past Featured Members

We’re grateful to work with so many partners who support organics at UW. Thank you.

  • A.P. Whaley Seed Company
  • Adaptive Seeds
  • AgriSecure
  • Albert Lea Seed
  • Bejo
  • Camp Trippalindee
  • Clif Bar & Company
  • Common Wealth Seed Growers
  • Compeer Financial
  • Cornell University
  • Dawn Engineering
  • Deja Food Restaurant Group
  • Delafield Hotel
  • Fairshare CSA Coalition
  • FedCo Seeds
  • Fruition Seeds
  • Grain Millers
  • High Mowing Organic Seeds
  • Intertribal Agriculture Council
  • Iowa State University
  • Johnny’s Selected Seeds
  • Madison Area Technical College
  • Madison Sourdough Co.
  • Mcfarlane Manufacturing Co.
  • Michael Fields Agricultural Institute
  • Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service
  • Midwestern Bio Ag
  • Morris Ramen
  • MOSA
  • Oregon State University
  • Organic Seed Alliance
  • Organic Trade Association
  • Organic Valley
  • Origin Breads
  • Pig in a fur coat
  • Pipeline Foods
  • Prairie Road Organic Seed
  • Purple Cow Organics
  • Savanna Institute
  • Seed Savers Exchange
  • SeedLinked
  • Siskiyou Seeds
  • Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
  • Steenbocks on Orchard
  • Sustainable Food Lab
  • The Land Connection
  • The Old Fashioned
  • Trade Roots
  • Underground Food Collective
  • University of Florida
  • USDA Agricultural Research Service
  • USDA Farm Service Agency
  • USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
  • Vitalis Organic Seeds
  • Western Illinois University
  • Wild Bearies
  • Wisconsin Department of Trade & Consumer Protection
  • Working Draft Beer Company