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Come Examine Insects with UMass Extension

Looking for exciting short movies to watch while in quarantine? Look no further! A new video series, InsectXaminer, about Massachusetts insects will both educate and entertain you.

Got Local Fruit and Veggies in Your Freezer?

How far does a blueberry travel from a local bush to your home freezer? Normally not a very big journey. But finding out whether or not those same blueberries can be frozen and sold commercially in your local market is proving to be a long a winding road.

UMass Clean Energy Extension Awarded Solar Grant

Solar power is one step closer to serving rural Massachusetts. The University of Massachusetts’ Clean Energy Extension will work with three Western Massachusetts communities--Blandford, Wendell and Westhampton--to develop plans for siting solar panels, in a project funded by a grant from the federal Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory.