UMaine Extension educator receives service award, Morning Ag Clips reports
Morning Ag Clips published a University of Maine Cooperative Extension news release announcing educator Caragh Fitzgerald recently received the 2016 Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of County Agricultural Agents. The award is given to Cooperative Extension educators with more than 10 years of service and who have exhibited excellence in the field of Extension education. Fitzgerald is a UMaine Extension associate professor in agriculture working primarily in Kennebec County. Her work includes production of vegetables, corn silage, and other forages, as well as season extension and soil health. She teaches and manages the UMaine Extension Master Gardener Volunteers program and the Maine Harvest for Hunger produce donation program.