Stories in CAFE

  • Alice Newth: Livestock Manager at the UMass Hadley Equine and Livestock Research and Education Center

    Life as a Shepherd (and Beyond): Alice Newth

    It’s hard to say what a typical day looks like for Alice Newth. One day, she might be moving fences and animals to new grazing pastures, and the next she’s teaching UMass students about livestock management. Sometimes, she’s even helping students oversee the birth of lambs or piglets.

  • Thanksgiving Cranberry Sauce Is Just Around the Corner – and So Is the Completion of the Updated UMass Cranberry Station

    The perfect balance between tart and sweet, cranberries are an American favorite and an important Massachusetts agricultural crop. An exciting project at the UMass Cranberry Station is now paving the way for enhanced cranberry research in the Commonwealth.

  • Apples, Donuts and Sustainable Pest Management at Red Apple Farms

    During the week of Oct. 17, more than forty-two students from UMass Amherst and Mount Wachusett Community College enjoyed an immersive expedition to Red Apple Farm, a fourth-generation family farm located in Phillipston, Massachusetts. On top of boasting some of the most delicious, award-winning cider donuts in the state, Red Apple is committed to integrated pest management (IPM), a holistic, environmentally-sound approach that minimizes the use of pesticides.

  • Meaghan McDermott, 4-H educator

    Meg McDermott: Making 4-H Fun and Accessible

    Meaghan (Meg) McDermott calls her Worcester office “home base” but loves that her work allows her to travel throughout the large county for club meetings and myriad programs. The UMass 4-H educator is an enthusiastic cheerleader for 4-H, which is no surprise since she cut her teeth in Norfolk County’s 4-H program as a youngster.

  • Construction worker types on a tablet while standing near six wind turbines

    UMass Amherst Emerges as Offshore Wind Workforce Training Leader with Newest Grant Award

    The Baker-Polito Administration and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) recently announced that a team led by UMass Extension professor Dwayne Breger at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has been selected to receive $220,000 in grant funding to support the growth of the UMass Clean Energy Extension’s (CEE) Offshore Wind Professional Certificate Program.

  • Extension Educator Jon Clements helping impart a module on the use of Pesticides in commercial orchards.

    The Fruits of this Summer’s Labor: Research and Extension Experiences for Undergrads 2022

    The summer of 2022 was a busy and productive one for the inaugural Research and Extension Experiences for Undergraduates (REEU) program. REEU is a program under the Stockbridge School and Agriculture (SSA) in partnership with UMass Extension and is currently funded to run through 2026. It aims to provide research training, professional development, and Extension experience to undergraduate students while reaching out to community colleges through paid full-time summer internships.

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