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Grazing & Forage Season Extension Webinar Series: Improving Pastures with No-Till Methods with Rick Kersbergen of UMaine Extension

This webinar will discuss no-till methods to manage pastures.
Bumblebee pollinates sunflower. Ben Barnhart photo credit

The Flight of the Bumblebee

Lynn Adler, professor of biology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has been studying the flight of the bumblebee for nine years. Read about her latest findings on the use flowering strips to heal bumblebees, along with some issues the strips present.
2020 Online fruit twilight meeting

Twilight Meetings for Farmers Go Online

Ahhh, twilight meetings: much-anticipated moments for farmers. So what do Extension and Massachusetts growers do when a coronavirus pandemic changes the in-person meet up?  They pivot: information now flows virtually, over Youtube channels, conference calls and zoom meetings.

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