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Are You a Poultry Grower? Learn How to Build a Wire Poultry Travel Cage!

Thursday, June 6th, 2013

A chickenThe University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Cumberland County and the Maine Poultry Growers’ Association (MPGA) are sponsoring a “How to Build a Wire Poultry Travel Cage” workshop.

Build and take a wire poultry travel cage home! The workshop will also feature Extension Veterinarian, Dr. Anne Lichtenwalner speaking on poultry health.

Saturday, June 22, 2013 from 9am-12pm
UMaine Extension Cumberland County office, UMaine Regional Learning Center
75 Clearwater Drive, Suite 104, Falmouth, Maine  04105

Fee: $30 for the general public and $25 for MPGA members.

Deadline to register is June 19th! Enrollment is limited to 20 participants.

Please click here to register online or to download a registration form.

For more information about becoming a member of The Maine Poultry Growers’ Association
(MPGA) please go to: http://www.mainepoultrygrowers.org

If you have any questions about this workshop, please call UMaine Cooperative Extension, Cumberland County office at 207-781-6099 or 1-800-287-1471 (in Maine).

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2013 FAMACHA Workshops for Sheep and Goat Producers

Wednesday, April 10th, 2013

If you are a sheeSheep in barnp or goat producer and would like to gain the skills and knowledge to fight the barber pole worm (Haemonchus contorutus) in your sheep and goats, then the one day FAMACHA workshop is for you. You will learn how to use the blood color of the capillaries around the eye of the sheep or goat to determine the degree of infection. The barber pole worm is a blood sucking internal parasite that is a common cause of death and poor-doing in small ruminants.

The workshops will be presented by Dr. Thomas Settlemire & Dr. Richard Brzozowski. Participants will receive an information packet, record sheets and a FAMACHA card.

There will be three separate dates to choose from:

10 AM-12 PM, Sunday, May 19, 2013, at Northeast Livestock Expo (NELE) on the Windsor Fairgrounds, Windsor, Maine

OR

11 AM-1 PM, Saturday, June 1, 2013, at Maine Fiber Frolic on the Windsor Fairgrounds, Windsor, Maine

OR

11 AM-1 PM, Saturday, June 15, 2013, at MOFGA Farm & Homestead Day, Unity, Maine

Cost PER FARM: $20.00

For more information go to: http://umaine.edu/cumberland/programs/2013-famacha-workshops/

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Cooking For Crowds, a Food Safety Training for Volunteer Quantity Cooks

Monday, March 25th, 2013

University of Maine Cooperative Extension Educator, Kathy Savoie, offers food safety training to occasional volunteer quantity cooks called “Cooking for Crowds”. These workshops meet the Good Shepherd Food-Bank safety training requirements. If you volunteer at local food fund-raising events, you may want to attend. The cost is $15.00 per person. Register online.

In April 2013 separate workshops are offered at UMaine Regional Learning Center, UMaine Extension, 75 Clearwater Dr., Suite 104, Falmouth, ME.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013
1:00 PM — 5:00 PM
Register by April 3

Thursday, April 25, 2013
1:00 PM — 5:00 PM
Register by April 18

For more information e-mail: lois.elwell@maine.edu or call 781.6099 or 1.800.287.1471 (toll free in Maine)

 

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2013 Maine Vegetable and Fruit Schools

Tuesday, February 26th, 2013

University of Maine Cooperative Extension Highmoor FarmThere are still a few openings left for the 2013 Maine Vegetable & Fruit Schools, to be held on Tuesday, March 12 at Seasons Conference Center in Portland and on Wednesday, March 13 at the Bangor Motor Inn.

More information is posted on the Highmoor Farm website. Please register as soon as possible. The cost is $35.00 and includes lunch.

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Grow Your Own Organic Garden

Thursday, January 24th, 2013
Are you concerned about the rising cost of food? Unsure what the term “certified organic” means? Interested in learning how to grow your own vegetables in sustainable manner? Join us for an evening workshop on how to grow your own garden. We’ll talk about the basics of soil science and how to enrich your soil to produce healthy, high-yielding plants. The course will also cover the basics of making and using compost, the principles of crop rotation and how to incorporate green manures and manage nutrients in the garden. Other topics will include how to tell the difference between cultivated plants and weeds, basic weed control strategies, and common insect pests and methods of natural insect control.
Richard Brzozowski has served as an Extension Educator for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension since 1987. He is responsible for planning, implementing and evaluating educational programs for farmers and gardeners in Cumberland County. He currently serves on the Maine Master Gardener Development Board.
Thursday, 5/16, 6:00-9:00pm, $10 at Gorham Middle School
To register or for more information, please contact:
Vegetable garden

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Gorham Adult Education
106 Weeks Road, Gorham, ME 04038
(207) 222-1126

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Growing Your Own Fruit Trees

Thursday, January 24th, 2013
Do you want to grow fruit trees, but don’t know where to begin? Join Master Gardener Joel Leak as he provides basic information on how to grow apples, pears and stone fruits (including peaches, plums, nectarines, apricots and cherries). He will discuss varieties, planting, pollination, insect pests, diseases and pruning. Joel has been gardening for 40 years and started with a small vegetable garden when he was young .He graduated from the Cumberland County Master Gardener program in 2001.~ He has over 40 fruit trees, 10 grape vines, many berry bushes, and a large vegetable garden.
Wednesday, 3/13, 6:00-9:00pm, $10 at Gorham Middle School
To register or for more information, please contact:
Peach tree

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Gorham Adult Education
106 Weeks Road, Gorham, ME 04038
(207) 222-1126

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Pesticide Credit Workshops

Tuesday, August 14th, 2012

Schedule of workshops for private pesticide applicators to earn re-certification credits at Maine Farm Days is listed below. Maine Farm Days is free, and is scheduled to take place August 22 and 23 at Misty Meadows Farm on Hill Road in Clinton, Maine. All workshops are free. There is no need to register.

For more information visit http://www.kcswcd.org/Projects/Maine%20Farm%20Days%20stuff/MFD%20Page.htm
or call 207-622-7847 ext. 3

Pesticide Credit Workshops
2012 Maine Farm Days, Misty Meadow Farm, Clinton, Maine
1 credit awarded per workshop (approved)

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Wednesday, August 22, 2012
10:00 to 11:00 AM
Pest Issues & You – An Interactive Discussion with John Jemison, Soil & Water Quality Specialist,University ofMaine Cooperative Extension.  John is the current chair of the BPC.

11:10 AM to 12:10 PM
Fruit & Vegetable Pests Interactive Quiz with Clay Kirby, Extension Entomologist,University ofMaine Cooperative Extension

1:00 to 2:00 PM
Common Pests of Cranberries in Maine with Charles Armstrong, Cranberry Specialist,University ofMaine Cooperative Extension

2:10 to 3:10 PM
Insects in Your Woodlot: Good, Bad & Pretty Cute with Colleen Teerling, Entomologist,MaineForest Service

Thursday, August 23, 2012
10:00 to 11:00 AM
IPM Planning & Tools for Farmers to Write an IPM Plan with Kathy Murray, Entomologist, Maine Department of Agriculture.

11:10 AM to 12:10 PM
Cover Crops & No-Till Corn Silage Production with Rick Kersbergen – Extension Educator, University of Maine Cooperative Extension

1:00 to 2:00 PM
What’s New in Pesticide Risks: Toxicity & Exposure with LeBelle Hicks, Toxicologist, Board of Pesticides Control, Maine Department of Agriculture

2:10 to 3:10 PM
Pesticide Poisoning: Horror Stories withRichard Brzozowski, Extension Educator,University ofMaine Cooperative Extension

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