There is continued coverage of recent research by food science student Astrid D’Andrea, working in the lab of Alissa Nolden, comparing the nutrients of yogurts, which found that almond milk yogurt has a higher nutritional density than dairy yogurt and all other plant-based yogurts.
News from the Media
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Research Finds Almond Yogurt To Surpass Dairy and Plant-Based Alternatives in Overall Nutrition
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Massachusetts Cranberry Growers Look Past Older Plant Varieties, With Plans for Growth
June 2, 2023Hilary Sandler, director of the UMass Cranberry Station, comments in an article about growth and other issues facing cranberry growers in Massachusetts. Sandler says that while production has increased, the price paid to growers over the past 10 years prices have been close to or below the cost of production, which is “a challenge.”
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Fruit Growers in Western Massachusetts Assessing Crop Loss After May Freeze
May 23, 2023Jon Clements, Extension educator in the Center for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment, estimates that about a third of the apple crop was destroyed state wide after the late May frost. “I don’t want to be too bleak because we just kind of have to wait and see. I’m pretty sure there will be apples. It’s just not going to be a full crop,” Clements says.
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Retired Professor Ron Kujawski Comments on the Use of Dyed Landscaping Mulch
May 20, 2023Ron Kujawski, who retired from teaching at the Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment, is quoted in an article updated from a 2014 article, about using mulch in landscaping. Kujawski said that dyes that are sometimes used in bark mulch are not considered toxic but his preference is to avoid using dyed materials.
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From Studying Sustainable Agriculture at UMass to Founder of a Sustainable Wine Company
May 16, 2023Alumna Kristen Olszewski left Harvard Medical School to pursue a career as a sommelier and later found Nomadica, her sustainable canned wine company. Olszewski says, “UMass has an incredible sustainable agriculture program and an amazing community garden that feeds into a co-op vegan restaurant. It was an incredible experience to be a part of and shaped so much of how I operate my own business.”
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UMass Amherst Research Ties Land Use Shifts to Water Quality and Quantity
May 11, 2023UMass Amherst researchers published a study in the journal PLOS Water that focuses on the Sudbury-Assabet and Concord watershed in eastern Massachusetts, linking hydrological changes, like floods, drought and runoff, to changing patterns of land use. “The watershed is a signature of the health of the landscape,” says Timothy Randhir, professor of environmental conservation and the paper’s senior author. “The quality of life in any particular landscape depends on how the watershed is functioning.”
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UMass Amherst Groundskeeper Fights for Campus Trees’ Champion Status
April 27, 2023Todd Cournoyer, head of grounds at UMass, is interviewed about UMass Amherst’s legacy trees, many of which are more than 100 years old, several of which are state “champion trees,” and his efforts to see them included on American Forests’ national register. Brian Kane, the Massachusetts Arborists Association professor at UMass is also interviewed.
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A New Vision For Soybean Meal: Designer Tempeh
April 25, 2023Hang Xiao, professor and Clydesdale Scholar of Food Science, has received a grant from the USDA to use “smart fermentation” to create a flavorful and nutritious protein using soybeans. Xiao says, “We will create a library of genes to produce more nutritional and more delicious tempeh food, and we can be very creative.”
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UMass Amherst Hosts Ribbon-Cutting for $8 Million Expansion of Cranberry Station in East Wareham
April 21, 2023Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy and other UMass leaders joined state officials and industry representatives Friday in celebrating the official opening of the expanded and modernized UMass Cranberry Station in East Wareham.
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With a Little Gardening Help from Some Friends
April 11, 2023Research led by UMass, UNH, and UConn researchers studied flowering plants to attract syrphid flies as biological control of common crop pests.
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Research Finds Surprising Science Behind Bumblebee Superfood
April 5, 2023Research led by UMass Amherst has found that sunflower pollen can be a powerful superfood that both reduces infection by a common bumble bee parasite by 81–94% and markedly increases the production of queen bumble bees.
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Fragrant and Beautiful Lilacs Are a Must in Any Garden
March 31, 2023A gardening column about tending to lilacs cites tips from the UMass Extension Landscape, Nursery and Urban Forestry Program.
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Beneficial Bacteria in the Infant Gut Uses Nitrogen from Breast Milk to Support Baby's Health
March 28, 2023David Sela, food science, has published a paper reporting that he has demonstrated how beneficial microbes in the gut of infants use nitrogen from human milk to support their nutrition and development.
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Mahoney Life Sciences Prize Awarded to UMass Amherst Biologist Lynn Adler
March 27, 2023Biology professor Lynn Adler has won the Mahoney Life Sciences Prize for her research demonstrating that different kinds of wildflowers can have markedly different effects on the health and reproduction rate of bumblebees.
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Worcester Is Home to the Largest Lanternfly Infestation in Massachusetts
March 7, 2023Jaime Piñero, Extension professor in the Stockbridge School of Agriculture, comments about the infestation of lanternflies in Worcester. Piñero says laying traps for the invasive species is not a simple option because of the city’s size.
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Earth Matters: Rewilding Is Letting Nature Take the Lead
March 4, 2023Christine Hatch, Extension associate professor in earth, geographic and climate sciences, writes about the evolving new science of rewilding, a conservation effort focused on restoring sustainable biodiversity and ecosystem health by protecting core wild and wilderness areas.
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PowerCorps Boston Provides Training in Arboriculture and Urban Forestry
March 2, 2023Kristina Bezanson, environmental conservation, taught the first arboriculture and urban forestry cohort for Power Corps Boston at the UMass Amherst Mount Ida campus during the fall semester.
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UMass Amherst Gloucester Marine Station Webinar Tackles Concerns About Wind Farm Projects
March 2, 2023A webinar led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst Gloucester Marine Station, in partnership with the Gloucester Fishermen’s Wives Association and Cape Ann Climate Coalition, explored concerns about wind farm projects in the Gulf of Maine.
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Getting Answers: Air Quality Concerns Following Ohio Train Derailment
February 20, 2023Richard Peltier, environmental health sciences, says there will be little local effect on air quality from pollution caused by the Ohio train derailment, as the pollutants will dilute in the atmosphere over the more-than-500-mile trip.
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Episode 5: Plant-Based Meat Challenges, Quality Pet Food Demand, Sensory Tech Toolkit
February 13, 2023Julian McClements, Distinguished Professor of food science, discusses plant-based meat-analogous food on the Omnivore podcast.
