In this class students will learn the practical application of harvesting and marketing techniques used for the sale of organic vegetable crops. Students will complete a financial analysis of the current growing season and make recommendations for the next production cycle.

Not available at this time.

Learn to work with community groups and schools as a community educator.

This course will cover the various aspects of phytoremediation - the use of plants (both natural hyper-accumulators and transgenic) and their associated microbes with the purpose of environmental clean-up of contaminated soil, sediments and water. Various strategies for phytoremediation of a wide range of toxic pollutants, both organic and elemental, with a special emphasis on toxic metals will be discussed.

Physiology of crop plants, carbon fixation, partitioning, growth and development, competition in crops, environmental factors and yield relationships of crops.

The ecology of major diseases related to food, from ergotism and the Salem Witch Trials to the Irish Potato famine to celiac disease and diabetes. How people, microbes and farming change our health and the environment. (Gen. Ed. BS, G).

Introduction to principles of soil fertility and crop management by organic procedures which are contrasted and evaluated against conventional chemical methods of farming. A science course. (Gen. Ed. BS)

First in a four course equine management series. This course will introduce students to the UMass Hadley Farm. Students will work in the barn four mornings each week and attend lecture one morning each week. Basic equine/stable management skills will be demonstrated, as well as a detailed overview of the management of the equine facility. Student work ethics and skills will be evaluated, as well as understanding of lecture topics.

First in a four course equine management series. This course will introduce students to the UMass Hadley Farm. Students will work in the barn four mornings each week and attend lecture one morning each week. Basic equine/stable management skills will be demonstrated, as well as a detailed overview of the management of the equine facility. Student work ethics and skills will be evaluated, as well as understanding of lecture topics.

First in a four course equine management series. This course will introduce students to the UMass Hadley Farm. Students will work in the barn four mornings each week and attend lecture one morning each week. Basic equine/stable management skills will be demonstrated, as well as a detailed overview of the management of the equine facility. Student work ethics and skills will be evaluated, as well as understanding of lecture topics.