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News
Monday, April 27, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program: Additional Funds Now Available » Last week, the President signed legislation appropriating $310B in additional funds to the Small Business Administration’s...
Monday, April 27, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) COVID-19 Federal Resources Update » The COVID-19 crisis is an evolving situation, and as new information unfolds, policy is implemented, and opportunities pre...
Monday, April 13, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) “Gardening Is a Really Concrete Way That People Can Feel Empowered” » A historian explains how the “victory gardens” of our moment compare with those grown during World War II. Click her...
Thursday, March 26, 2020 A message from Commissioner Lebeaux » Greetings, Massachusetts Agriculture and all its friends, Normally today is one of my most favorite days of the year...
Friday, February 21, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Best Management Practices for Boxwood Health in the Landscape Fact Sheet Available » Resource Expands HRI’s Growing Boxwood Blight Library WASHINGTON and COLUMBUS, OH – The Horticultural Research Ins...
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Pollinator Information
Wednesday, January 25, 2017 HRI Releases Industry BMPs for Bee Health » The Horticultural Research Institute, the research foundation of AmericanHort, is pleased to announce the release of Best...
Saturday, January 14, 2017 First bumblebee species listed under Endangered Species Act » The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has added the first bumblebee species to the endangered list on Tuesday. This comes...
Friday, August 12, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) International Conference Focuses on Pollinator Research » The third international conference on pollinator biology, health, and policy was held in mid-July at Penn State University...
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) Hear the Buzz? It's Pollinator Week! » Starting June 20, it’s Pollinator Week! AmericanHort and partners in the National Pollinator Garden Network are busy educa...
Tuesday, June 21, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) Governor Baker Declares June 20 – 26, 2016 “Massachusetts Pollinator Week” » BOSTON – Governor Charlie Baker, in support of National Pollinator Week, has declared June 20 – 26, 2016 as “Massachusett...
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Events
Wednesday, April 8, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Online courses from Native Plant Trust » Native Plant Trust is offering a series of online courses starting April 20, 2020. Each course is available online until A...
Monday, January 14, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) 109th MNLA Annual Meeting & Luncheon » Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Nursery and Landscape Association Will be...
Tuesday, January 9, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) 108th MNLA Annual Meeting & Luncheon » Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Nursery and Landscape Association Will be...
Friday, July 28, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) New England GROWS: Emerging Trends & Practical Techniques » Boston, Massachusetts—New England Grows, the Northeast's premier conference and exposition for green industry professional...
Tuesday, January 17, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Emerging Trends & Innovative Techniques Draw Thousands of Horticulture Professionals to NE Grows » BOSTON, Mass.- New England GROWS, the Northeast's largest educational conference and green industry exposition, wrapped u...
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Pests
Monday, March 30, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) InsectXaminer Episode 1: Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar) » Gypsy moth has been in Massachusetts since the 1860's. This invasive insect from Europe often goes unnoticed, thanks to po...
Thursday, February 21, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) State Agricultural Officials Urge Residents to Check Plants for Spotted Lanternfly » Discovery of Single Adult Insect Highlights Importance of Vigilant Reporting of this Pest BOSTON – The Massachuse...
Friday, March 23, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) AmericanHort Welcomes Farm Bill Pest and Disease Funding » Columbus, OH – AmericanHort enthusiastically welcomed Agriculture Secretary Sonny Purdue’s announcement earlier today that...
Wednesday, January 17, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) The Latest Neonic Research » A newly published research article compared the uptake and dissipation of two neonicotinoid residues in nectar and foliage...
Wednesday, January 17, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Labeling of Glyphosate in California Under Debate » The controversy over California’s “cancer-causing” label requirement for glyphosate is intensifying. Attorneys gener...
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Past News & Events
Tuesday, February 4, 2014 Don't just stand there...Plant Something on May 15th! » "Don’t Just Stand There…Plant Something” is a campaign to coax Massachusetts residents to plant something—anything!—on Ma...
Tuesday, February 4, 2014 Earn MCH Credits...Around New England » The following education programs are worth 1 MCH credit per program. UMass Extension Diseases of Greenhouse C...
Tuesday, February 4, 2014 MCH Exam Schedule for 2014 » The Massachusetts Nursery and Landscape Association announces that the next MCH exam will be held on The NEXT ...
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