The latest happenings from the UVM College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
With the warming temps and growing season kicking off, UVM Extension’s Pollinator Program has new resources for use about crop pollinators and how to support them in select Vermont grown crops. Continue reading “Pollinator Fact Sheets Spotlight Bees Important for Fruit & Vegetable Crops”
UVM Extension Pollinator Support Specialist Laura Johnson and Extension Vegetable and Berry Specialist Vern Grubinger have been awarded a $97,863 grant from the Northeast Risk Management Education Program for the project, Cover Crop Sequences to Support Pollinators and Soil Health on Diversified Vegetable Farms. Continue reading “Grant to Study Pollinators and Cover Cropping Awarded”
Nutrition and Food Sciences Assistant Professor Trishnee Bhurosy led research that analyzed a method to assess vegetable consumption in college nutrition programs. The publication in the Journal of American College Health is entitled, Reliability of a frequency method for assessing vegetable intake using photos among college students: a smartphone approach. Continue reading “Research on Assessing Vegetable Consumption Published”
UVM Extension’s Chris Callahan, Andy Chamberlin, Hans Estrin and Vern Grubinger recently completed a three-year, multi-state project called Training and Technical Support to Help Small Vegetable Farms Meet the Cleaning and Sanitization Requirements of the Produce Safety Rule. Continue reading “Diversified Vegetable Farms Receive Food Safety Training”
An article in Kenya News.net discusses research from Eric von Wettberg that found human migration and trade have had a significant impact on the genetic heritage of chickpeas. Continue reading “CALS in the News-June 2023”