Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment

Got Local Fruit and Veggies in Your Freezer?

The Economics of Selling Local Frozen Blueberries and Spinach

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Growing a Crop of Healthy Eaters

Springfield Youth Prepare to be Fit for Life

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Are Red-backed Salamanders Harbingers of Climate Change?

Ben Padilla Wants to Find Out

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Extension Programs and Functions Moving Online

Because of the coronavirus emergency, the UMass Amherst Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment and UMass Extension have postponed public face-to-face programs and closed their laboratories through at least April 5.

2017 Massachusetts Agricultural Census: Read All About It!

If you are a grower, work for an agency, non-profit organization, or business that intersects with agriculture, the document you’ve been waiting for is now available. The results of the every-five-year federal census of agriculture came out months ago, but now you can make use of an easier-to-read version of the results for Massachusetts.

Lizmarie Lopez-Ortiz: Role Model for Springfield Youth

Lizmarie Lopez-Ortiz is highly invested in providing educational opportunities for underserved students. She has worked as a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) educator for the UMass Extension 4-H Youth Development Program since 2016. Lopez-Ortiz offers programming in several urban settings and at special events such as ones held at Make-It Springfield, downtown’s makerspace.