Extension in Western Massachusetts
About Western Massachusetts
The western region of Massachusetts is composed of Berkshire, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin Counties. The largest city in the region is Springfield, located in Hampden County, along the Interstate 91 corridor on the Connecticut River.
Highlights from Amherst
Forty Years of Teaching from the Heart: Extension EFNEP educators help families learn that nutrition begins at home by reaching them where they live
Back in the 1960s, the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) got its start by knocking on doors—literally. The very first EFNEP Nutrition Educators, recruited from the communities in which they lived, spent their days going door to door, fresh groceries in hand, introducing themselves to low-income homemakers with the words “I’m from UMass, and I can show you how to get more food for your money.” One homemade chicken dinner later, and another family was on the road to healthier eating. Complete Story.
Highlights from Chicopee, Holyoke, and North Adams
From the Classroom to the Lunchroom; Extension Nutrition Education Program’s school-based nutrition programs put kids on the fast track to a lifetime of health.
Can two days make a difference in the life of a child? Judging by the response to NEP’s nutrition workshops in Massachusetts public schools, the answer is a resounding yes. Complete Story.
Highlights from Deerfield
Seeds from the Past, Success for the Future
At their fourth-generation orchard in Deerfield, Tom, Becky and Ben Clark are helping to preserve far more than apples. Clarkdale Fruit Farms hasn’t changed much in 94 years. That’s the way Tom Clark likes it. His customers, who travel miles for heirloom fruit and small-batch ciders, like it too. Complete Story.
Highlights from Springfield
UMass Extension's Nutrition Educators: Building Trust Where They Live
Mothers going without… so their children can eat. Parents working round the clock… and then see no alternative to fast foods. Women returning home from correctional programs… without the skills to prepare meals for their families. This is the face of hunger and nutritional need—and these are people that UMass Extension serves daily from its Nutrition Education Program regional office on Wilbraham Street in Springfield. Complete Story.
Extension Offices in the Region
Amherst:
UMass Extension State Office
Slobody Building, Suite C1
101 University Drive
Amherst, MA 01002
413-545-4800
http://www.extension.umass.edu
4-H Program Western Region Office
Tillson House
University of Massachusetts
23 Tillson Farm Rd.
Amherst, MA 01003-9261
413-577-0788
Soil and Plant Tissue Testing Laboratory
West Experiment Station
University of Massachusetts
682 No Pleasant St
Amherst, MA 01003-9302
413-545-2311
http://www.umass.edu/soiltest/
Holyoke/South Hadley:
Nutrition Education Program Project Office
7 Hadley Street
South Hadley, MA 01075
413-538-9053
Pittsfield:
4-H Program Office
78 Center Street, Suite 206
Pittsfield, MA 01201
413-448-8285
Springfield:
Nutrition Education Program Western Region Office
c/o MCDI
140 Wilbraham Avenue
Springfield, MA 01109-3339
413-737-0236
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