School of Food and Agriculture

Dr. Mary Ellen Camire, President-elect and Fellow, Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), has written a IFT Perspectives column on FDA’s proposal to change dietary fiber labeling on food packages.  Read the article here:  http://www.ift.org/food-technology/past-issues/2014/july/columns/perspective.aspx.

Morgan Gustin wins Mitchell Peace Scholarshiphttp://bangordailynews.com/community/two-umaine-students-win-mitchell-peace-scholarships/

Jonathan Foster named Outstanding Graduate Student in Horticulture program   Jonathan was nominated by his advisors, Drs. Lois Stack and Stephanie Burnett, who provided the following information.    Jonathan has done a great job on his thesis research project, which explored the effects of light, water, and soil nutrition on propagation of an uncommon native plant, […]

SFA graduate students will be travelling to professional meetings to present research results in June and July: 2014 Nutrition Education annual meeting in Milwaukee, WI June 28-July 2, 2014 Dr. Adrienne White’s research group      Doug Mathews        Fidelity of Implementation of a 4-H Program to Promote Culinary Skills and Family Meals       for Obesity Prevention: […]

Tim Bowden, SFA Faculty member cited as excellent mentor by third-year marine sciences major Ian Jones of Canton, Conn.,  who is studying how ocean acidification impacts lobster larvae, an important resource for the Maine economy. Hhttp://go.umaine.edu/explore-umaine/student-experience/ian-jones/) “Working with Tim Bowden has greatly improved my experience here, and the opportunities he’s granted me to assist with seahorse […]

The Institute of Food Technologists Student Association (IFTSA) North Atlantic Area Meeting is an event to bring together the Food Science departments in the North Atlantic Area (UMaine, UMass, Penn State, Rutgers and Cornell). The Area Meeting will give students updates on the happenings of the Institute of Food Technologists, as well as the Student […]

During their senior year, University of Maine students majoring in environmental horticulture can now earn an associate of science degree in turfgrass science and management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Under a new agreement, qualified students in the Environmental Horticulture Program at the University of Maine School of Food and Agriculture will spend their […]

Joe (Josiah) Ladd (class of 2006, University of Maine Horticulture Program)  owner of JL Landscapes, won the People’s Choice Award and took second place in the Bangor Daily News Awards at the Bangor Garden Show, April 4-6, 2014.