Learn to Protect Poultry from Disease at Free Seminar

University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a free seminar about protecting poultry from disease 10 a.m.–noon Saturday, March 14, at the UMaine Extension Penobscot County office, 307 Maine Ave., Bangor.

Information for current and future backyard poultry keepers will include backyard biosecurity, recognizing diseases and National Poultry Improvement Plan participation.

For more information and to preregister, contact Melissa Freeman, 207.287.6564, melissa.freeman@maine.gov. To request a disability accommodation, call 207.942.7396, 800.287.1485 (in Maine).

Seminar sponsors are UMaine Extension, as well as the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association and the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Division of Animal and Plant Health.