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  • What’s in your glass? At Headwater Cider its all about Grow What You Press, Press What You Grow! Listen in to the Fabulous 413 as Monte and Kaliis spill the cider with proprietor Peter Mitchell and (yours truly) Extension Educator Elizabeth Garofalo.

    Apples on Air

    February 14, 2025
    Monte Belmonte and Kaliis Smith bring you The Fabulous 413, a new live, daily radio show and podcast celebrating life in western Massachusetts — and a kind of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" for grown-ups. Join Monte and Kaliis as they  head up to the hilltown hinterlands to get a taste of an extra special beverage. Headwater Cider is making Ice Wine with their apple bounty, and we chat with proprietor Peter Mitchell about his apples and the many ciders they fashion in Hawley.... Read more »
  • New England Vegetable and Fruit Conference

    New England Vegetable & Fruit Conference

    November 18, 2024
    New England Vegetable and Fruit Conference December 17-19, 2024 DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester, NH TREE FRUIT PROGRAM TUESDAY morning, December 17, 2024 APPLES I (9:30 AM, Pemigawasset, 2 credits) Research-Driven Solutions for Improved Temperate Fruit Production and Profitability Tracy Leskey, USDA, Appalachian Fruit Research Station, WV Thinning Apples with Metamitron and Accede John Cline, University of Guelph, Canada Common Sense Planning for Climate Change Impacts on... Read more »
  • Apples in a box

    How apple farmers are thinking about climate change this fall

    October 2, 2024
    Listen to Al and Jon discuss the joys and challenges of apple growing in Massachusetts.  https://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2024/10/02/apple-season-fall-new-england-climate-change
  • Photo of Catherine Coleman Flowers with announcement of event

    Catherine Coleman Flowers Keynote for Black History Month

    February 14, 2024
    Join us on Thursday, February 29th at 5:30 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom for the culminating event of our Black History Month celebration: a keynote address by Catherine Coleman Flowers, internationally recognized environmental activist, critically acclaimed author of “Waste: One Woman's Fight Against America's Dirty Secret,” and Vice Chair of the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council. Flowers has brought attention to the largely invisible problem of inadequate waste and... Read more »
  • EmPower Grant

    State Grant Empowers Arts and Culture Nonprofits to Ignite Clean Energy and Climate Action

    December 6, 2023
    AMHERST, Massachusetts – A groundbreaking collaboration between Western Mass arts and culture nonprofits and UMass Amherst Extension units has been awarded a substantial grant from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) to spearhead a transformative climate action project, entitled Clean Energy in the Cultural Sector. This dynamic partnership aims to address pressing environmental challenges, accelerate clean energy adoption, and water the seeds of a resilient, low-carbon arts and... Read more »

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