Extension Director Quoted In Article About Organic Farming
In a Portland Press Herald story about a United Nations report on a global push toward small, diversified and sustainable farming, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Director John Rebar commented on the decline in funding of university extension programs. The report advocated for policymakers to fund and support farmer-to-farmer knowledge sharing and the nationwide network of extension services such as UMaine’s Cooperative Extension. Rebar told the Press Herald the current federal budget proposal calls for a 10 percent cut in funding for extension services across the country.