News from the Center

  • Lyndsey Ware prunes grapes at Cold Spring Orchard

    A Little Life Experience Goes a Long Way

    September 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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  • Research plot at South Deerfield Farm

    State Officials Tour South Deerfield Research Farm

    August 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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  • Cover of Report on Battery Energy Storage

    Report Offers Ways to Expand Mass. Battery Storage Innovation

    July 8, 2019
    A new report from UMass Amherst’s Clean Energy Extension, released on July 5, 2019, sees significant potential to accelerate Massachusetts’s emerging energy and battery energy storage (BES) innovation ecosystem.
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  • Artists Priya Nadkarni and Ahdrae Green paint mural on Taylor Street, Springfield

    Fresh Paint Springfield Paints Springfield Fresh

    June 25, 2019
    This June, nine new brightly-painted murals have begun creating a dynamic outdoor art gallery in downtown Springfield. UMass Extension Assistant Professor Michael DiPasquale was involved with this mural project for a year.
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  • Foal born at Hadley Farm, nicknamed "Levi"

    Hadley Farm Has New Resident

    June 11, 2019
    Students, staff, and faculty welcomed a new resident early on the morning of Tuesday, June 11 at the Hadley Farm. The new addition is a Hanoverian foal named "Stockbridge Sonnet UM" (lovingly nicknamed "Levi" as the barn name).  
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  • Lynn S. Adler, UMass professor of biology

    UMass Amherst Biologist Publishes Research on Bee Health

    April 18, 2019
    Lynn S. Adler, professor of biology, in collaboration with other American scientists, has been researching factors driving pollinator decline, including pathogens and pesticides, for several years.
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  • Governor Baker stopped by the UMass Extension booth at Ag Day in the Statehouse.

    Statehouse Celebrates Agriculture Day 2019

    March 29, 2019
    Wednesday, March 27 was Agriculture Day on Beacon Hill. It’s a day when legislators and legislative staff get to meet with farmers and other members of the agricultural community to hear about the issues important to them.
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  • Bombus bee

    Resources for Pollinators

    February 21, 2019
    Explore our new Pollinator resources section! Learn about upcoming bee events at UMass, information about keeping bees, creating pollinator-friendly landscapes, and supporting native pollinators in New England.
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  • Urban street trees

    40th Annual UMass Community Tree Conference

    January 24, 2019
    March 5, 2019, UMass Amherst One-day conference for tree care professionals, volunteers, and enthusiasts.   
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  • Tour of Maker Space(L to R): LARP Professor Michael DiPasquale, Co-Founder of Make-It Springfield, Karen Finn, Director, Springfield Cultural Partnership, Governor Charlie Baker, MassDevelopment Senior Fellow Laura Masulis, Co-founder of Make-It Springfield, Lara Furtado, Research Assistant, UMass PhD candidate, Regional Planning.

    Governor Baker Visits Make-it Springfield

    December 13, 2018
    Governor Baker visited on December 11 to hear about plans for the busy downtown makerspace supported by CAFE and MassDevelopment.  
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  • Chancellor Subbaswamy visits Cranberry Station. John Lebeaux; Commissioner of Agriculture; Chancellor Subbaswamy; Hilary Sandler, Director, Cranberry Station; Senator Michael Rodrigues; Jody Jellison, Director, CAFE; Tricia Serio, Dean, College of Natural Sciences

    Chancellor Announces New Campus Investment in Cranberry Station

    December 10, 2018
    In late November, UMass Amherst Chancellor Subbaswamy visited the UMass Cranberry Station in East Wareham.
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  • Tara McElhinney plants elm tree in Dakin Field

    Reestablishing the Majestic Elm With Help From UMass Amherst Students

    November 6, 2018
    The American elm saplings at the UMass Agricultural Learning Center have already survived severe drought, abnormally wet conditions, deer munching, gypsy moth and Japanese beetle.
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  • Breakout session at MASS ECAN conference

    Climate Adaptation Draws Crowd: Mass ECAN Conference 2018

    November 2, 2018
    The Massachusetts Ecosystem Climate Adaptation Network (Mass ECAN) celebrated its first birthday by bringing together over 100 climate adaptation practitioners and researchers from across the state during its second annual conference held this year at Framingham State University. Mass ECAN is a community of practice for those working on climate adaptation in Massachusetts and interested in ecosystem resilience and natural resources conservation.
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  • Christine Hatch and Luke McInnis at CAFE summer scholar poster session

    Poster Session Showcases Undergraduate Research and Extension by Summer Scholars

    September 17, 2018
    The thirty-plus undergraduates spoke with guests in front of the thirty-plus academic project posters that were pinned to boards throughout the airy room near the top of the UMass Amherst Campus Center late one September afternoon. The academic posters sported images, charts and graphs designed to impart the months of hard work put in by this enthusiastic cohort of “Summer Scholars.”   
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  • Senior Adam Salhaney wins national food technology competition (IFT18)

    Senior Adam Salhaney Wins Food Technology Research Competition

    August 8, 2018
    Adam Salhaney, a senior food science major and Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (CAFE) “summer scholar” from Holliston, won first place honors in the undergraduate research competition at the Institute of Food Technology’s annual meeting (IFT18) in Chicago from July15-18.
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  • 4-H campers discuss how to create a phone application

    A Great Idea Ten Years Ago is Still a Great Idea Today

    July 5, 2018
    Climate change, over-fishing, biodiversity, deforestation and declining bee populations. Serious stuff. Perhaps these topics are not what you imagine 12-16 year olds spending their summer time thinking about… but you would be wrong. To mark a decade of their “Summer of Science” program, Massachusetts 4-H Youth Development Program leaders explored ways in which to make an already-successful program even better.  This June, the result of good planning brought together eager young students from across the state to discuss real issues and make real recommendations for how to address them.
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  • Tick held in a tweezer

    Tick Talk Time, 2018

    May 15, 2018
    “One Deer Tick Bite Can Change Your Life…” As spring explodes into bloom in Massachusetts, residents are eager to get outside and reconnect with their yards, great hiking trails or a sweet-smelling meadow. A very timely reminder for all of us: while hikes are inviting, remember what may be lurking in the woods and grasses: those dangerous ticks. Be careful.
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  • Kathleen Arcaro, environmental toxicologist in the University’s Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

    Two More Videos Released by CAFE in “Research that Matters” Series

    The work of a UMass Amherst environmental toxicologist and an air quality scientist are featured in two new "Research That Matters" videos released this week by the University’s Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (CAFE). CAFE director Jody Jellison says, “Meaningful research being conducted at UMass that impacts our lives in positive ways is of great interest to the public. These short videos, with links to more information, are intended to get the word out.”
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  • Used farm equipment for sale from UMass Farms

    Check Out This Tag Sale if You Need a Used Mower or Snow Plow

    February 13, 2018
    CAFE’s enterprising interim farm manager, Bob Skalbite, is actively working on a much-needed project at several of the university farms. He is tackling a task that many of us put off, but would benefit from in our own homes: cleaning house and holding a tag sale.
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  • Nicole Foley wins 3rd place poster award at iPiPE conference in NC

    UMass Attends iPiPE Meeting in N.C. and Nets Two Awards

    February 13, 2018
    In early February, Stockbridge School of Agriculture (SSA) and UMass Extension attended the fourth annual meeting of The Integrated Pest Information Platform for Extension and Education (iPiPE) at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. At this iPiPE Mixer, SSA was represented by graduate student Elizabeth Garofalo and undergraduate intern Nicole Foley. UMass Extension was represented by educators Jon Clements, Katie Campbell-Nelson, and Genevieve Higgins. iPiPE Mixers focus on training researchers, extension agents, and student interns on using this information platform.
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