Spotlight Stories

Apr 19, 2018
Growing Massachusetts Farmers (and Others) for 100 Years:
Introducing the Stockbridge School of Agriculture
Feb 13, 2018
It’s the Landowners, Dummy!:
Knowledgeable Stewards are Keys to Protecting our Forests
Jan 30, 2018
Food Science at UMass:
A Century of Accomplishment
Dec 6, 2017
Today’s Mobile Markets: Fresh Food with A Helping of Education:
UMass Extension nutritionists help bring fresh food to urban areas
Sep 26, 2017
Finding New Talents for Research and Extension:
Summer Scholars program hits one out of the park
Aug 22, 2017
This Cranberry Bog Has Gone High Tech:
Fiber-Optic Cables Will Tell the Story of Soil Moisture
Jun 28, 2017
Healthier Communities for Healthier Lives:
Making the healthy choice the easy choice
Apr 18, 2017
Farmers as Mentors:
The secret to a successful IPM program
Apr 18, 2017
Massachusetts 4-H Trains 1,000 Babysitters Every Year:
UMass Extension 4-H Babysitter Training Course
Jan 30, 2017
(Bird) Songs of our Cities:
Researching Urban Bird Habitat
Jan 30, 2017
Can College Kids Help Mass. Towns Go Green?:
Let Us Introduce the UMass Clean Energy Corps
Dec 13, 2016
Ethnic Crops Firmly Rooted in Massachusetts:
Meeting Immigrant Needs
Sep 27, 2016
Stories of Six Summer Scholars:
Student Success in Extension and Research at UMass Amherst
Aug 23, 2016
Lindiwe Sibeko: Committed to Improving Women’s Health:
Jun 30, 2016
Gypsy Moth Outbreak in Massachusetts, 2016:
Largest outbreak since 1981
Jun 20, 2016
“We Can Turn Climate Change Around” :
Apr 11, 2016
Cuba: Four Students, One Professor and a Complex Food System:
Island Agriculture
Feb 9, 2016
Young Energy for an Older City:
UMass Design Center Helping to Reinvigorate Springfield
Jan 4, 2016
University of Massachusetts Cranberry Station :
World class research
Dec 3, 2015
Introducing Andy Danylchuk, the UMass Amherst Fish Guy :
Fish are in hot water
Nov 16, 2015
Joseph Troll Turf Research Facility, South Deerfield, Massachusetts:
Environmentally-sound turf management through research
Oct 15, 2015
Cold Spring Orchard Research and Education Center in Belchertown, Mass.:
Spotlight on the Commonwealth’s Research Orchard
Sep 9, 2015
Unearthing the Secrets of Food:
How Four Award-Winning UMass Scientists Bring Invention to the Table
Aug 18, 2015
Golf Goes Green:
UMass Amherst Studies Organic Golf Course Management
Aug 10, 2015
South Deerfield Crop & Animal Research and Education Center :
Spotlight on South Deerfield Farm
Jun 22, 2015
Assessing Stream Crossings and Culverts in 13 States:
UMass Amherst hosts regional stream-crossing database
Jun 16, 2015
Tidmarsh Restoration Project & Living Observatory:
Plymouth’s New Environmental Refuge
Jun 3, 2015
UMass Farms: Resources for Education, Research and Outreach :
Spotlight on Hadley Farm
May 4, 2015
Expanding New England Winter Farmers’ Markets:
Popular and easy
Apr 28, 2015
Tick-borne Illnesses on Cape Cod:
Ticks are back
Mar 12, 2015
Stories from the Cape:
Cape Cod Cooperative Extension: Alive and Well
Mar 11, 2015
UMass Extension Inaugurates New Program in Energy:
Massachusetts Energy Extension Initiative (MAEEI)
Mar 10, 2015
What Motivates Someone to Conserve Water in Their Yard?:
The (over) use of domestic water outdoors
Dec 18, 2014
Have a Great Food Product Idea? Ready to Grow Your Business?:
Product Development Considerations: Beyond the Basics
Nov 3, 2014
A Taste of Home, Fresh from the Farm:
The Intersection of Urban Agriculture and Nutrition, Extension Builds on Immigrant Past
Sep 2, 2014
UMass Extension: At Your Service for 100 Years:
Three Retired Cooperative Extension Agents Offer Snapshots of the Past
Jul 28, 2014
Tomography: A Tool to Read Trees That Predict the Future:
Tree diagnostics
Jun 30, 2014
Why the New Name?:
Why Have We Added “Food and the Environment” To Our Name?
Jun 16, 2014
Transboundary Water:
Looking through the Eyes of a Social Scientist
May 19, 2014
Tree Planting:
New Methods Take Root
Apr 24, 2014
Ken Nicewicz, UMass Volunteer Extraordinaire:
Dedicated, informed and passionate advocate for agriculture
Apr 2, 2014
Acid Rain Monitoring Project:
Thirty Years of Volunteer Efforts to Track the Problem
Mar 19, 2014
Developing Quality Chinese Herbs in the Northeast:
Can local farmers or herbalists grow these plants?
Jan 21, 2014
Putting Superfoods to the Test:
Why finish your vegetables? UMass researchers are about to find out.
Jan 20, 2014
Seeing the Forest for the Tree:
UMass researchers give family woodland owners the tools for stewardship
Dec 13, 2013
Keeping Native Bees Abuzz:
UMass Researchers Team with Cranberry Growers to Study the “Perfect System"
Nov 20, 2013
Taking a Walk on the Wild Side:
“Riverwalk” Helps Demystify Flood Damage from Hurricane Irene
Oct 30, 2013
21st century 4-H:
Still About Helping Youth Thrive
Aug 28, 2013
Sustainability Takes Root in Student Farms :
At UMass Amherst, locally grown isn't just on the menu—it's on the syllabus.
Aug 26, 2013
SNAP-Ed Programs:
Helps People Make the Most of their Resources

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