School of Food and Agriculture

Natural Sciences: Zakkary Castonguay, “Phytonutrient Assessment of Locally Grown Cold Hardy Plum Cultivars,” advised by Angela Myracle Undergraduate, graduate students receive awards 2017 UMaine Student Symposium

All are invited to attend the senior capstone presentations on May 2 and 4, 3:30-4:45 pm, in 113 Deering Hall. Tuesday 5/2 – 3:30p – “Improving food gleaning partnerships between area restaurants & farms” presented to Kate Garland, ME Coop. Ext. (Cara, Anne, Chason, Jacob) 4:10p -“Greenhouse study of green beans planted in soils from […]

Grace Chavis, an undergraduate student in the Animal and Veterinary Sciences program, is working in the laboratory of Dr. Anne Lichtenwalner on an externally-funded, international project on a parasitic tapeworm, Echinococcus granulosus (EG).  During a 2012 survey of hunter-harvested moose, Dr. LIchtenwalner’s lab detected large numbers of EG in the lungs of Maine moose.  Wild […]

The Alpha Tau Chapter of Pi Alpha Xi, the Horticultural Honors Society, welcomes five new members this spring: Kahli Connelly, Angela Masse, Sage McClain, Leala McChesney, and Tobias (Tobi) Lamberts. Pi Alpha Xi was started in 1923, and the first chapter, the Alpha Chapter, was established at Cornell University. The goal of the Society is […]

The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has announced the recipients of the Research and Creative Activities Fellowships for 2016–17. The fellowships were developed to enhance and increase undergraduate student involvement in faculty-supervised research and creative activities, and are supported through the office of the Vice President for Research. Each fellowship provides a […]

The University of Maine School of Food and Agriculture seeks candidates for a full-time, 9 month lecturer position. The candidate will teach courses in landscape design, construction, and management and will coordinate the field experience class and a first year student orientation. In addition to teaching responsibilities primarily for the Environmental Horticulture program (ENH), the […]

To many, Dr. Adrienne White, professor of food science and human nutrition, is the personification of a land-grant university. A UMaine faculty member since 1988, Dr. White has influenced thousands of lives as a teacher, researcher, mentor, and public servant. She has also earned state and national recognition as a ground-breaker and leader in the […]

Dr. Sonny Ramaswamy,  Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), toured labs in the School of Food and Agriculture (SFA) on Oct. 27, 2016 during his visit to Orono. Dr. Sonny Ramaswamy has served as NIFA Director since 2012. As part of USDA’s Research, Education, and Extension mission, he oversees NIFA funding […]