Savoie, McCarty earn national recognition, Morning Ag Clips reports
Morning Ag Clips published a University of Maine news release announcing University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator Kathy Savoie and community education assistant Kate McCarty were honored at the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences 2017 annual session in Omaha, Nebraska. Savoie and McCarty both received the first-place regional and first-place national Master Family and Consumer Sciences Volunteer Award. They were recognized by NEAFCS and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture for exceptional leadership in developing and implementing the UMaine Extension Master Food Preserver (MFP) Program, which trains and retains volunteers who extend the reach of UMaine Extension to provide home food preservation education in Maine communities.