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Vegetable Program Faculty and Staff

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    Ibrahim Ali Urban Agriculture Educator III

    Ibrahim Ali

    Urban Agriculture Educator III
    Tel: (413) 545-2786
    Email: urbanag@umass.edu

    French Hall (3rd Floor)
    UMass Amherst
    Amherst, MA 01003
    United States

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    Mamata Bashyal

    Post-doctoral Research Fellow
    Email: mbashyal@umass.edu

    Ag Engineering Building Rm 311
    UMASS Amherst
    245 Natural Resources Rd
    Amherst, MA 01003
    United States

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    Jim Cronk

    Jim Cronk

    Farm Superintendent
    Tel: 413-545-4317
    Fax: 413-577-3820
    Email: jdcronk@psis.umass.edu

    South Deerfield Agronomy Farm
    89 River Rd
    South Deerfield, MA 01373
    United States

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    Maria Gannett

    Production Agriculture Extension Educator
    Specialty: weed management
    Email: mgannett@umass.edu
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    Olivia Golden,

    Olivia Golden

    Urban Agriculture Educator III
    Email: ogolden@umass.edu

    Mount Ida Campus
    100 Carlson Ave
    Newton, MA 02459
    United States

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    Genevieve Higgins

    Genevieve Higgins

    Extension Educator
    Specialty: Vegetable Production
    Tel: 413-545-8396
    Email: ghiggins@umass.edu

    306 French Hall
    UMASS Amherst
    230 Stockbridge Rd.
    Amherst, MA
    United States

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    Dr. Angela Madeiras

    Angela Madeiras

    Diagnostic Technician
    Specialty: Diagnostics for Floriculture, Vegetable Crops, and Turf
    Tel: (413) 545-3209
    Fax: (413) 545-4385
    Email: madeiras@umass.edu

    3 French Hall
    University of Massachusetts
    230 Stockbridge Road
    Amherst, MA 01003
    United States

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    Lisa McKeag

    Lisa McKeag

    Extension Educator
    Specialty: Vegetable Production
    Tel: (413) 577-3976
    Fax: (413) 545-5858
    Email: lmckeag@umext.umass.edu

    308 French Hall
    University of Massachusetts
    230 Stockbridge Road
    Amherst, MA 01003-9316
    United States

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    Susan Scheufele

    Susan B. Scheufele

    Production Agriculture Leader
    Specialty: Vegetable Production
    Tel: (413) 577-3976
    Fax: (413) 545-5858
    Email: sscheufele@umext.umass.edu

    306 French Hall
    University of Massachusetts
    230 Stockbridge Rd
    Amherst, MA 01003-9316
    United States

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    Alireza Shokoohi

    Extension Educator
    Specialty: Vegetable Program
    Email: ashokoohi@umass.edu
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    Arthur siller, Extension Educator

    Artie Siller

    Extension Educator
    Specialty: Soil Health and Management, Cover Crops
    Tel: 413-545-9747
    Email: asiller@umass.edu

    103C French Hall
    230 Stockbridge Rd
    Amherst, MA 01003-9316
    United States


The Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment and UMass Extension are equal opportunity providers and employers, United States Department of Agriculture cooperating. Contact your local Extension office for information on disability accommodations. Contact the State Center Director’s Office if you have concerns related to discrimination, 413-545-4800 or see ag.umass.edu/civil-rights-information.

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