Massachusetts State Coordinators

Sonia Schloemann

Department of Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
West Experiment Station
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
Phone: 413-545-4347
FAX: 413-577-3820
Email: sgs@umext.umass.edu

Sonia Schloemann coordinates the Massachusetts SARE program. Sonia has been with UMASS Extension for 22 years and is currently the Extension Small Fruit Specialist and project leader for Sustainable Small Fruit Production and Marketing. She works closely with Michael Keilty and other members of the tri-state team to implement sustainable agriculture programming and identify priorities for the state.

Michael Keilty

Maple Spring Farms
107 Kenyon Road
Morris, CT 06763
Phone: 860-567-8324
Fax: 860-567-2702
Email: michael.keilty@uconn.edu

Michael Keilty works with the SARE state coordinators in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island to coordinate a tri-state SARE program dealing with local meat production, processing and marketing in Southern New England. Since 1974, Michael has owned Maple Spring Farms, a diversified farm in Morris, Connecticut raising livestock, produce and herbs for culinary and medicinal uses.

He has also spent many years working as a research assistant and agricultural educator with the Department of Plant Science at the University of Connecticut, coordinating a wide variety of sustainable agriculture programs. He is also a member of the Connecticut Food Policy Council, author of Alternative Health Practices for Livestock, and the founding chair of the Connecticut Community Gardening Association.