UW Organic

UW Organic is sponsoring The People's Farm Spring Fest this Sunday, April 19th at the UW Student Farm. Hope to see you there!

Location: Eagle Heights Community Gardens

Agenda:
2pm Farm Work
3pm Outdoor Yoga
4pm Pizza + Live Music
6pm Bird Hike

Crafts and games throughout.

Mad Agriculture is hiring a Wilding Manager. The Wilding Manager will work directly with farmers and landowners in Wisconsin’s Driftless Region to build trust-based relationships and bring regenerative land management projects to life. This position combines ecological expertise, farm financial analysis, and project coordination to help landowners transition marginal acres into perennial systems and wildlife habitat, while connecting them to funding through USDA programs and emerging ecosystem service markets.

Job Description: https://bit.ly/WildingManager
APPLY HERE: https://airtable.com/appDR4OQN3YRq46iW/shrhcWYu0wef0RGJm

The Silva Lab is hiring for the 2026 field season!

Agroecology and Organic Agriculture Summer Field Research Assistants
- 30-40 hrs/wk
- May 11th, 2026 - August 28th, 2026
- Starting wage: $18/hr
- This position can also serve as a PLPATH 499 internship

To apply, email Cheyanne Mattie ([email protected]) and Ben Brockmueller ([email protected]) with your resume and a brief statement of interest.

More information at https://uworganic.wisc.edu/silva-labs-is-hiring/

Join our very own Michelle Miller and three other UW–Madison faculty for a panel on data's relationship to the physical world.

Learn about building knowledge graphs for regional food systems, studying how scientific visuals move public opinion, and uncovering the information embedded in everyday objects.

The Materiality of Data
April 29, 2026
12:00-1:30 p.m. Memorial Library 224
No registration needed.

Learn more about UW's Digital Scholarship Hub events: https://www.library.wisc.edu/digital-scholarship-hub/

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Quinta CSA Farm in West Bend, WI is seeking 2 part-time Crew Members for the 2026 season (April-October)!
- Harvesting vegetables, watering the greenhouse, trellising tomatoes
- Work outdoors and with your hands
- Candidates with a valid drivers license might also run delivery routes.
- April 1st to October 31st.
- $15/hour

Apply at www.QuintaCSAFarm.com

Dive into organic farming and soil science at Gwenyn Hill Farm LLC!

Register for Nance Klehm's class at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-the-lab-test-applied-soil-science-with-nance-klehm-tickets-1980647289360?aff=oddtdtcreator

W**d Management Intensive registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wisconsin-vegetable-weed-management-intensive-tickets-1980499636727?aff=oddtdtcreator

✈ Intern abroad this summer in South Africa with UW Signature Internships!

As a Research Intern or Business Strategy & Communications Interns, you'll gain experience from professionals at Kidlinks Small Farm Incubator–a regenerative training farm for young emerging farmers in the Eastern Cape province–while exploring South Africa!

Apply today at https://my.studyabroad.wisc.edu/iip/?Keywords=Kidlinks&CountryId=&Duration=31710

Cellanie Farms is hiring!

- Supervise harvesting and washing of produce.
- Ability to train and oversee new staff in the process of harvesting and bunching or packaging produce.
- Support produce production including planting, seeding and weeding.
- Help prep for weekly farmers markets, including packing the van with required quantities of quality produce.
- $20-$24/hour

*Send resume & cover letter to Betsy at [email protected] with the subject line "Harvest Lead Position"*

Learn more about the position: https://cellanie.com/harvest-lead/

Cellanie Farms is a 140-acre, organic-in-transition, reduced-tillage market farm located 5 miles north of Madison in the Town of Westport, WI. They have built a regenerative, tractor-scale, diversified vegetable farm and perennial fruit orchard on approximately 30 acres.

North Central Region SARE Graduate Student Grant Call for Proposals is now OPEN! NCR-SARE’s Grant Program is a competitive grant program to fund graduate student projects that address sustainable agriculture issues. A candidate may only receive one NCR-SARE Graduate Student award during her/his graduate student career.

- Graduate Student Grant awards can be up to $20,000.
- Projects may last up to 36 months.
- About 20 projects are funded each year. In 2025, NCR-SARE received 132 proposals and selected 22 proposals for funding.

Submit proposals by April 16 12pm CST at https://northcentral.sare.org/Grants/Apply-for-a-Grant/Graduate-Student-Grant/.

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Join NCR-SARE for webinar about this grant program on March 5, 2026 at 10am CST: https://umn.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zzgTaNAyToWq1sapXoGdFA

UW-Madison Residence Halls is looking for a part-time Greenhouse and Garden Technician at the Leopold GreenHouse Learning Community! The Technician will provide guidance to staff and residents on the proper use of the greenhouse and garden space, and lead educational programming for residents.

- Preference given to graduate students in plant-related field (horticulture, botany, agronomy, plant pathology, agroecology, soil science with 1+ year left in graduate program.
- $18-18.75/hour
- Applications close Friday March 6, 2026 12:00 PM

Apply at https://services.housing.wisc.edu/hrapp/jobDescription/show/%2005449?fromListing=true

's Wisconsin Organic Vegetable Farm Manager Apprenticeship is ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS for its 2026 apprentice cohort!

This 2-season competency-based program includes on-the-job training, classroom instruction, an increasing hourly wage, and plenty of ongoing opportunities to connect with and learn from the broader farmer community.

Apprenticeship opportunities are available on farms across Wisconsin. Learn more at https://www.csacoalition.org/apprenticeship. Be sure to fill out the Apprentice General Interest Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScq5U8u2Ic9nwZJezetels2lNC_yjE2dt3AHedODPlR1ZM-qg/viewform