News from the Center

Twilight Meetings for Farmers Go Online
2020 Online fruit twilight meeting
Jun 2, 2020

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.

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Come Examine Insects with UMass Extension
Still from InsectXaminer video on gypsy moth
Apr 17, 2020

Looking for exciting short movies to watch while in quarantine? Look no further!  A new video series, InsectXaminer, about Massachusetts insects will both educate and entertain you.

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UMass Clean Energy Extension Awarded Solar Grant
ground-mounted solar panels
Apr 17, 2020

Solar power is one step closer to serving rural Massachusetts. The University of Massachusetts’ Clean Energy Extension will work with three Western Massachusetts communities--Blandford, Wendell and Westhampton--to develop plans for siting solar panels, in a project funded by a grant from the federal Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

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Extension Programs and Functions Moving Online
bee on apple blossom
Mar 18, 2020

Because of the coronavirus emergency, the UMass Amherst Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment and UMass Extension have postponed public face-to-face programs and closed their laboratories through at least May 18.

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2017 Massachusetts Agricultural Census: Read All About It!
2017 Agriculture Census results
Jan 30, 2020

If you are a grower, work for an agency, non-profit organization, or business that intersects with agriculture, the document you’ve been waiting for is now available. The results of the every-five-year federal census of agriculture came out months ago, but now you can make use of an easier-to-read version of the results for Massachusetts.

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New Farmers’ Network Weather Station at UMass Research Farm
Elizabeth Garofalo and Jon Clements install watehr station at UMass Agronomy Farm in South Deerfield
Jan 27, 2020

When the decade-old weather station at the UMass Crop and Animal Research and Education Farm in South Deerfield was hit by lightning this past summer, the impact of that loss was felt by the region’s growers. This November, UMass fruit extension educators Jon Clements and Liz Garofalo replaced the decade-old defunct weather station with a new one.

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Ecosystem Climate Adaption Conference Held at Mount Ida Campus of UMass Amherst
Mass ECAN panel field questions during Urban Ecosystems Resilience session
Nov 14, 2019

The Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment, along with other sponsors, hosted the Massachusetts Ecosystem Climate Adaptation Network’s  third annual conference on Tuesday, Oct. 29 in Newton.

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Clem Clay Named Director of UMass Extension Agriculture Program
Clem Clay
Sep 23, 2019

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has named Clem Clay as director of the UMass Extension Agriculture Program.

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A Little Life Experience Goes a Long Way
Lyndsey Ware prunes grapes at Cold Spring Orchard
Sep 12, 2019

The CAFE Summer Scholars Program completed its fourth year in 2019 with another varied selection of academic research and extension projects.

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State Officials Tour South Deerfield Research Farm
Research plot at South Deerfield Farm
Aug 5, 2019

On August 2, members of the state’s Food Policy Council visited the UMass Farm in South Deerfield and toured five project sites at the farm and heard from faculty, extension staff and graduate students on their work.

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