The latest happenings from the UVM College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
On a quest to monitor and inventory Vermont’s corky-barked wonder, the black ash tree (Fraxinus nigra), UVM Field Naturalist Program graduate student Charlotte Cadow has spent the summer hopping, plunging, and tromping through seeps, swamps, and floodplain forests. Continue reading “Black Ash, the Corky Barked Wonder Tree”
Amber Reed, UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture pasture technical assistance provider, was interviewed for a video produced by the Northeast Dairy Innovation Center entitled, “Can we grow Vermont’s sheep industry?” Continue reading “Can We Grow Vermont’s Sheep Industry?”
On behalf of Chris Callahan, Hans Estrin, and Andrew May, the CALS Cells to Society is a grass-roots initiative of two monthly seminars and a quarterly Out of the Box Workshop. Dates, times and Teams meeting links for the September seminar and October workshop are below. No registration is required. Continue reading “Cells to Society Seminar & Out of the Box Workshop”
CALS and Extension faculty, staff and students are making headlines for their commentaries, research findings, as subject matter experts, and for outreach collaborations. Below is a collection of recent stories. Continue reading “July 2022 CALS in the News”
Twenty-two sheep and goat producers from Vermont and the Northeast earned certification in the FAMACHA method of monitoring small ruminants for internal parasites in a three-part workshop series culminating in an on-farm training held on May 23, 2022 in Whiting, VT. Part 1 and Part 2 of the workshop series are available to view as recorded webinars. The course was co-hosted by UVM Extension, Cornell Cooperative Extension, and the Cornell Sheep and Goat program. Continue reading “Sheep and Goat Farmers Earn Certification in IPM”