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Research plot at South Deerfield Farm

State Officials Tour South Deerfield Research Farm

On August 2, members of the state’s Food Policy Council visited the UMass Farm in South Deerfield and toured five project sites at the farm and heard from faculty, extension staff and graduate students on their work.
Cover of Report on Battery Energy Storage

Report Offers Ways to Expand Mass. Battery Storage Innovation

A new report from UMass Amherst’s Clean Energy Extension, released on July 5, 2019, sees significant potential to accelerate Massachusetts’s emerging energy and battery energy storage (BES) innovation ecosystem.
Fungus-stricken sycamore in Great Barrington, MA

Historic Tree Suffering from Fungus

Prominent historic sycamore tree on Route 7 in Great Barrington, Mass. infected with the fungus sycamore anthracnose.

Research and Outreach Interest Areas

Our work is organized around these 8 areas:

Massachusetts agriculture
Agriculture
Researching turf grass at UMass Amherst
Commercial Horticulture
Clean energy solar panels
Energy
Massachusetts mountains
Environmental Conservation
Food Science class at UMass Amherst
Food Science
UMass Extension Nutrition Education Program
Nutrition
Massachusetts river
Water
4-H kids
Youth Development and 4-H
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