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• An Evening with Deborah Blum

  Posted on October 16, 2019

  When the doors opened to Shannon Hall last night, an abundance of enthusiastic students and community members inundated the theater, excited to […]

• Books Similar to The Poison Squad

  Posted on September 24, 2019

  Food’s History and Future The Jungle- Upton Sinclair The Way We Eat Now: How the Food Revolution Has Transformed Our Lives, Our […]

• Go Big Read at Convocation (2019)

  Posted on September 4, 2019

  It is that time of year again where we welcome the incoming freshman to UW-Madison at convocation with their own copies of […]

• Deborah Blum Interview with WORT

  Posted on August 28, 2019

  On Monday (8/26), Deborah Blum, the author of our 2019-2020 Go Big Read book, The Poison Squad, participated in an interview with […]

• UW-Madison Food Science Influencer: Stephen Babcock

  Posted on June 12, 2019

  Anyone who has been to or is from Madison has at least heard of Babcock ice cream, but what is the importance […]

• The American Chamber of Horrors

  Posted on May 24, 2019

  Dr. Harvey Wiley spent a good majority of his time at the US Department of Chemistry trying to push through a law […]

• 100,000,000 Guinea Pigs

  Posted on May 17, 2019

  Written in 1933 by Arthur Kallet and F.J. Schlink, 100,000,000 Guinea Pigs: Dangers in Everyday Foods, Drugs, and Cosmetics recounts how the […]

• America’s Food Policy Timeline

  Posted on May 10, 2019

  For the majority of his life, Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley fought for unadulterated food and producer transparency. It’s been eighty-nine years since […]

• The Death and Life of the Great Lakes Writing Contest!

  Posted on May 1, 2019

  Share your writing about The Death and Life of the Great Lakes!

• Three Local, Pure Food Organizations to Pay Attention To

  Posted on April 26, 2019

  A big takeaway from this year’s Go Big Read book, The Poison Squad, is keeping consumers informed on what is being put […]