Blueberry Hill Farm Open House Set for Nov. 9
Contact: Charlene Herrick, 581-3204 or 800-648-0597 (in Maine)
JONESBORO — The University of Maine’s Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station is hosting a public open house at the university’s new Wild Blueberry Research Facility at Blueberry Hill Farm on Route 1 in Jonesboro on Wednesday, Nov. 9.
A ceremony begins at 11:30 a.m., to be followed by lunch and a tour of the new building.
The new laboratory building includes two labs, one to enable researchers to examine plant specimens for diseases and growth characteristics and the other to house insect and fungi research activities.
Funding for the building comes from $600,000 in a jobs bond approved by Maine voters in 2003 as well as two federal grants totaling $330,000.
Further information is available by calling Charlene Herrick at 581-3204.