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Massachusetts 4-H Experiment Goes Nano for Science, Engineering and Technology (SET)
June 19, 2009You can learn a lot about calculating volume, area and depth by studying a nanoscale-thick film of oleic acid – especially if you happen to be taking part in the official Massachusetts 4-H Science Experiment through the 4-H Science, Engineering and Technology Program (4-H SET). |
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$660,000 Grant Allows Mass. 4-H to Expand Mentoring in Sciences to Springfield
Thursday, May 7, 2009A program that has UMass Amherst students reaching out to their younger counterparts in cities like Holyoke and Springfield has just received a major boost as one beneficiary of a five-year $660,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Student Bridges, created by Undergraduate Student Senate at UMass Amherst, has been successfully making college and career connections with students in Holyoke for the past two years, providing mentoring and tutoring by UMass Amherst students. |
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A Guide to Successful Vegetable Gardening - Part II - Organic Vegetable Gardening at Home
May 7, 2009Organic gardening excludes the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. Organic gardeners rely heavily on crop rotations, crop residues, animal manures, green manures, organic wastes, and mineral-bearing rocks to feed the soil and supply plant nutrients. Insects, weeds, and other pests are managed by mechanical cultivation and cultural and biological controls. |
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4-H Volunteers Carry National Volunteer Week Banner
April 16, 2009There may be no better way to celebrate National Volunteer Week, which begins Monday, April 19, than to embrace the example of the 1,772 Massachusetts 4-H volunteers who devote their time, energy and talents to fostering the young people of the Commonwealth. This year, Volunteer Week has a special urgency and energy that has grown from President Barack Obama’s inauguration speech calling on all Americans to volunteer to help keep communities strong in these trying times, said Massachusetts 4-H director Sherrie Guyott. |
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