Landscape Message: June 2, 2023 Center for Agriculture, Food

UMass Extension's Landscape Message is an educational newsletter intended to inform and guide Massachusetts Green Industry professionals in the management of our collective landscape. Detailed reports from scouts and Extension specialists on growing conditions, pest activity, and cultural practices for the management of woody ornamentals, trees, and turf are regular features. The following issue has been updated to provide timely management information and the latest regional news and environmental data. Thanks for your continuing interest!

This World Soil Day, remember where our food comes from — Riley Park Community Garden

Landscape Message: June 2, 2023 Center for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center

Landscape Message: June 24, 2022 Center for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment

Crops are being engineered to thrive in our changing climate

GRAIN Hungry for land: small farmers feed the world with less than a quarter of all farmland

Hunger Hotspots: FAO-WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity, June-November 2023 Outlook

Frontiers Impacts of population growth and economic development on food security in low-income and middle-income countries

A Good News Story: New farm fresh program combat food insecurity and waste - Guelph News

Anthony Chukwuma Isiekwene on LinkedIn: Several years ago (i think that was 2011), I was in my 300L. I attended…

How to Improve Clay Soil in 6 Steps - Tenth Acre Farm

GLOBALG.A.P. Smart farm assurance solutions

Why the Farm Bill May Be the Highest-Stakes Climate Fight Flying Below the Radar - Center for American Progress

Climate Change Challenges the Food, Agriculture and Beverage Industry