Frank Wertheim, agriculture and horticulture educator with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was interviewed by the Bangor Daily News about the damage caused to crops by the striped cucumber beetle. Wertheim told the BDN that the beetle harbors a bacterium in its digestive tract that it passes along to plants when it defecates. “There […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension is accepting applications for its Master Gardener Volunteers training program that begins Oct. 24. The 2022 Master Gardener Volunteer training includes self-paced online learning modules along with live virtual sessions with horticultural experts from across the state. Designed to train volunteers for horticulture and food system-related community service projects, topics […]
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The Bangor Daily News, the Penobscot Bay Pilot and The Piscataquis Observer shared that the University of Maine Cooperative Extension is accepting applications for its Master Gardener Volunteers training program that begins Oct. 24. The 2022 Master Gardener Volunteer training includes self-paced online learning modules along with live virtual sessions with horticultural experts from across […]
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Frank Wertheim, agriculture and horticulture educator with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was interviewed by the Bangor Daily News for an article about why tomatoes are experiencing blossom end rot in Maine’s gardens. Wertheim said that blossom end rot is a result of calcium deficiency in the plant. “It happens in the development of the […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer two free, in-person workshops in August for farmers, farm workers, fishermen and foresters with a focus on body mechanics, injury prevention, movement, health and wellness. The Safe Labor–Movement workshops are from 5–7 p.m. on Aug. 16, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, 294 Crosby Brook Road, Unity; and […]
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Sean Birkel, research assistant professor at the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, assistant professor in UMaine Extension and state climatologist, was interviewed by Maine Public about the current drought in the state. Birkel said there have been reports of wells going dry, particularly in the southwestern part of Maine, and more heat […]
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The Boston Globe reported on the Climate Adaptation Fellowship, a peer-to-peer learning program that paired 37 fruit and vegetable farmers and agricultural advisers from eight states across the Northeast, developed by the University of Maine, the USDA Northeast Climate Hub and the Rutgers Climate Institute. Through the fellowship, farmers and their advisers follow a climate […]
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The Bangor Daily News and Piscataquis Observer shared that the University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H Penobscot Livestock Club will host a livestock show and sale from 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5 to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6 at Casa Cattle Company, 145 Nokomis Road, Corinna. The event is free and open to the public; […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H Penobscot livestock club will host a livestock show and sale from 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5, to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, at Casa Cattle Company, 145 Nokomis Road, Corinna. The Penobscot Livestock 4-H Club Showdown and Sale includes a youth lamb show Friday at 6 p.m., a youth […]
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The Bangor Daily News reprinted the sections about harvesting and storing garlic from University of Maine Cooperative Extension Bulletin #2063, Growing Garlic in Maine. Read the full bulletin here.
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