University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer two research updates for the agricultural industry online from 7–8 p.m. on Nov. 17. “Maine Potato Breeding Program” will be presented by University of Maine professor of crop ecology and management Gregory Porter, followed by “Physical Weed Control in Organic Grains — Recent Advances” with UMaine professor of […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer an online class using an electric pressure cooker for winter holiday dishes from 6–7:30 p.m. Nov. 18. Cooking for the Holidays with an Electric Pressure Cooker is a cook-along webinar that will feature bread stuffing and pumpkin pie. Participants can select a recipe to make, shop for and […]
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Spectrum News shared a quote from Hannah Carter, dean of University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in a press release about the state allocating $20 million from the Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan toward infrastructure upgrades at farms and food processing facilities. “By strengthening the local food economy, Maine’s rural communities and their citizens will have […]
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The Bangor Daily News and Morning Ag Clips promoted Glenda Pereira joining University of Maine Cooperative Extension as a new Extension professor and statewide dairy specialist. She also is an assistant professor of animal science with the University of Maine School of Food and Agriculture.
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The County reported on two University of Maine chefs teaching culinary students from Houlton’s Region Two School of Applied Technology how to cook meals with local foods. Robert Dumas, the UMaine food science pilot plant manager, and Kathy Savoie, a food and nutrition educator with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, visited the school as part […]
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Colt Knight discussed a growing trend of consumers purchasing turkeys directly from Maine farms with News Center Maine. “I’m happy to see folks buying locally this year,” said Knight, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension assistant professor and state livestock specialist. “I think that’s positive for the Maine farming economy.”
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The Bethel Citizen, Livermore Falls Advertiser, the Bangor Daily News and Centralmaine.com advanced a University of Maine Cooperative Extension webinar about cooking winter holiday dishes with pressure cookers, which will be held from 6–7:30 p.m. on Nov. 18 online.
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The Bangor Daily News, the Sun Journal, Centralmaine.com and Morning Ag Clips highlighted two research updates from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension about potatoes and organic grains for the agricultural industry. UMaine Extension will offer the updates from 7–8 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 17 via Zoom.
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Maine is known as Vacationland to lovers of outdoor recreation from around the world. An industry grew out of Mainers’ and tourists’ passion for hiking, biking, kayaking, skiing and other outside pastimes, and it generates $3 billion in economic activity for the state. The Outdoor Leadership program at UMaine was created to take advantage of […]
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The Washington Post interviewed Jason Bolton, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension food safety specialist, about whether to soak dirty dishes before washing them so they would be easier to clean. One recommendation Bolton shared was not to soak wooden materials because they can become damaged or a “breeding ground for bacteria.”
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