Spotlight Stories

July 27
UMass Experts Offer Advice:
Food Gardening While Adapting to a Changing Climate
June 22
The Flight of the Bumblebee:
Joys and Perils of Flowering Strips
March 12
Got Local Fruit and Veggies in Your Freezer?:
The Economics of Selling Local Frozen Blueberries and Spinach
January 14
Growing a Crop of Healthy Eaters:
UMass Extension Makes a Difference in Springfield
September 9
Are Red-backed Salamanders Harbingers of Climate Change?:
Ben Padilla Wants to Find Out
August 7
It’s Been a Long Journey for Wild Tomatoes:
(And It’s Not Over Yet)
June 17
Greening Municipal Fleets :
What if Cities and Towns Could Save Money and Reduce Emissions?
April 22
2019: Tick the Box & Mail the Tick:
UMass TickReport Will Test ASAP
February 5
The Science of Turf:
Healthier Grass, Less Inputs
November 29
Deerfield, Massachusetts: Research Hub?:
Agricultural Research Flourishes at South Deerfield Farm
August 14
Protecting the Cape:
The Work of Cape Cod Cooperative Extension
July 16
Growing Cranberries in Massachusetts Keeps Him Busy (Very Busy):
A Portrait of Jack Angley
April 19
Growing Massachusetts Farmers (and Others) for 100 Years:
Introducing the Stockbridge School of Agriculture
February 13
It’s the Landowners, Dummy!:
Knowledgeable Stewards are Keys to Protecting our Forests
January 30
Food Science at UMass:
A Century of Accomplishment
December 6
Today’s Mobile Markets: Fresh Food with A Helping of Education:
UMass Extension nutritionists help bring fresh food to urban areas
September 26
Finding New Talents for Research and Extension:
Summer Scholars program hits one out of the park
August 22
This Cranberry Bog Has Gone High Tech:
Fiber-Optic Cables Will Tell the Story of Soil Moisture
June 28
Healthier Communities for Healthier Lives:
Making the healthy choice the easy choice
April 18
Farmers as Mentors:
The secret to a successful IPM program
April 18
Massachusetts 4-H Trains 1,000 Babysitters Every Year:
UMass Extension 4-H Babysitter Training Course
January 30
(Bird) Songs of our Cities:
Researching Urban Bird Habitat
January 30
Can College Kids Help Mass. Towns Go Green?:
Let Us Introduce the UMass Clean Energy Corps
December 13
Ethnic Crops Firmly Rooted in Massachusetts:
Meeting Immigrant Needs
September 27
Stories of Six Summer Scholars:
Student Success in Extension and Research at UMass Amherst
August 23
Lindiwe Sibeko: Committed to Improving Women’s Health:
June 30
Gypsy Moth Outbreak in Massachusetts, 2016:
Largest outbreak since 1981
June 20
“We Can Turn Climate Change Around” :
April 11
Cuba: Four Students, One Professor and a Complex Food System:
Island Agriculture
February 9
Young Energy for an Older City:
UMass Design Center Helping to Reinvigorate Springfield
January 4
University of Massachusetts Cranberry Station :
World class research
December 3
Introducing Andy Danylchuk, the UMass Amherst Fish Guy :
Fish are in hot water
November 16
Joseph Troll Turf Research Facility, South Deerfield, Massachusetts:
Environmentally-sound turf management through research
October 15
Cold Spring Orchard Research and Education Center in Belchertown, Mass.:
Spotlight on the Commonwealth’s Research Orchard
September 9
Unearthing the Secrets of Food:
How Four Award-Winning UMass Scientists Bring Invention to the Table
August 18
Golf Goes Green:
UMass Amherst Studies Organic Golf Course Management
August 10
South Deerfield Crop & Animal Research and Education Center :
Spotlight on South Deerfield Farm
June 22
Assessing Stream Crossings and Culverts in 13 States:
UMass Amherst hosts regional stream-crossing database
June 16
Tidmarsh Restoration Project & Living Observatory:
Plymouth’s New Environmental Refuge
June 3
UMass Farms: Resources for Education, Research and Outreach :
Spotlight on Hadley Farm
May 4
Expanding New England Winter Farmers’ Markets:
Popular and easy
April 28
Tick-borne Illnesses on Cape Cod:
Ticks are back
March 12
Stories from the Cape:
Cape Cod Cooperative Extension: Alive and Well
March 11
UMass Extension Inaugurates New Program in Energy:
Massachusetts Energy Extension Initiative (MAEEI)
March 10
What Motivates Someone to Conserve Water in Their Yard?:
The (over) use of domestic water outdoors
December 18
Have a Great Food Product Idea? Ready to Grow Your Business?:
Product Development Considerations: Beyond the Basics
November 3
A Taste of Home, Fresh from the Farm:
The Intersection of Urban Agriculture and Nutrition, Extension Builds on Immigrant Past
September 2
UMass Extension: At Your Service for 100 Years:
Three Retired Cooperative Extension Agents Offer Snapshots of the Past
July 28
Tomography: A Tool to Read Trees That Predict the Future:
Tree diagnostics
June 30
Why the New Name?:
Why Have We Added “Food and the Environment” To Our Name?

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