Morning Ag Clips advanced an informational webinar from University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension about a new program for produce farmers to help them start or improve their farm food safety planning. “Jump-start to Farm Food Safety” will be held from 4–5 p.m. March 1. Learn more on the […]
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The Ellsworth American, CentralMaine.com, Morning Ag Clips, the Bangor Daily News and The Piscataquis Observer advanced a University of Maine Cooperative Extension webinar for home gardeners about mushroom cultivation from noon–1:15 p.m. Feb. 25. Register for “Spring Has Spawned: Getting Your Garden Ready for Mushroom Cultivation” on the event webpage.
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer two advanced beekeeping webinars, two sessions each, beginning with “Honey Bee Diseases and Pests” 6–8:30 p.m. Feb. 10 and 17. The $50 fee includes the required textbook. Registration is required on the event webpage to receive the links. The next course, “Swarming and Swarm Management,” will be held […]
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Morning Ag Clips, the Bangor Daily News, The Piscataquis Observer, Livermore Falls Advertiser, the Daily Bulldog, the Sun Journal and Centralmaine.com advanced online information sessions from University of Maine Cooperative Extension for adults interested in becoming Maine 4-H volunteers. The sessions will be held from 7–8 p.m. March 1 and 8. Registration is required by […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer two advanced beekeeping webinars, two sessions each, beginning with “Honey Bee Diseases and Pests” 6–8:30 p.m. Feb. 10 and 17. The $50 fee includes the required textbook. Registration is required on the event webpage to receive the links. The next course, “Swarming and Swarm Management,” will be held […]
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The Daily Bulldog, Sun Journal, Bangor Daily News, Centralmaine.com and Morning Ag Clips advanced a University of Maine Cooperative Extension virtual conference for cut-flower growers from 6–8 p.m. from Feb. 28 through March 3. An additional in-person networking session is scheduled March 6 at Longfellow’s Greenhouses, 81 Puddledock Road, Manchester. Register for “Flowering in the North […]
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News Center Maine interviewed David Handley, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension vegetable and small fruit specialist, about how snow can help strawberries, blueberries and other crops and plants. Snow can serve as an insulator, said Handley, who spoke to News Center Maine at Highmoor Farm, a Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station in Monmouth. […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension will offer a webinar for home gardeners about how to extend the growing season from 6–7:15 p.m. on Feb 7. “Extending the Gardening Season in New England” includes season-extension strategies ranging from targeted use of mulches and row covers to the use of […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host a webinar for farmers considering adding an irrigation system from 10 a.m.–noon on Feb. 7. “Getting Started With Irrigation” will include how to assess current water supplies and evaluate irrigation’s cost-effectiveness, as well as options for irrigation equipment. Scheduled speakers are Candi Gilpatric, agricultural engineer with the USDA […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Centralmaine.com, Sun Journal and Bangor Daily News advanced a University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H online workshop for youth ages 12–18 years about marshlands and climate change from 1:30–2:45 p.m. on Feb. 23. Register online.
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