Today we spend the hour speaking with members of the Native American community in Indiana. We’ll learn about the history and culture of one tribe in the state, and talk about the unique issues Native people face today.
By Travis Cleven
Jan 27, 2021 7:29 AM
If you’ve never heard of the Dairy Innovation Hub, it’s an investment by the state of Wisconsin at three UW campuses for dairy research. UW-Madison, UW-Platteville, and UW-River Falls all participate and are looking at many different aspects of dairy. There are over 50 project that’ve been funded, studied, researched, and potentially will be put into action. Some will end up benefiting dairy cattle and some will even benefit humans.
Maria Woldt is the Programing Manager for the Dairy Innovation Hub and she was explaining that the funding for the Hub is intended to be used for people, equipment, and the research itself. All of these research projects are related to dairy, but not in the way you might assume. “That’s all facets of dairy, it’s not just cow stuff. It’s environmental, community-based…the cow itself, but that’s also human nutrition as well,” said Woldt. One of the big questions being looked at is how dair