The Bangor Daily News advanced a new four-session club from University of Maine Cooperative Extension that involves participating in the 2021 National 4-H STEM Challenge. “4-H Galactic Quest” will meet virtually from 4–5 p.m. Nov. 15, 22, 29 and Dec. 6. Registration is required on the program webpage by Nov. 1.
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is offering a new agricultural leadership program for Maine teens, meeting weekly from 3:30-4:45 p.m. Nov. 2–Dec.14. The “Fall Agricultural Leadership Ambassador Program” is designed to provide agricultural education and leadership experiences online and in person to Maine youth ages 14–18. Participants will explore their shared interest in agriculture, […]
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Best Life cited a University of Maine Cooperative Extension resource titled “The Role of Ethylene in Fruit Ripening” in a story about how fruit that produces ethylene gas can spoil other produce items, particularly potatoes.
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension will offer a webinar about creating winter holiday decorations from available natural materials from 6–7:15 p.m. Nov. 1. “Tips and Tipping for Long-Lasting Holiday Decorations” will show how to harvest and handle evergreens, and how to create both traditional and contemporary decorations. Presenters […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Jim Dill, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension pest management specialist, about woolly aphids. “This time of year the ones that feed on alder trees are the ones you’re seeing,” Dill said. “You see these little fuzzy things floating by you and if you go to grab it thinking it’s […]
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WEBB (98.5 FM in Waterville) shared an informational resource from University of Maine Cooperative Extension about ladybugs in an article advising readers how to remove them from their homes.
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The Conway Daily Sun highlighted the $10,000 donation from the Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club to the Maine 4-H Foundation for the Magic Lantern 4-H Innovation Lab and Learning Center project.
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Kathy Savoie, a food safety professor with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, about planning Thanksgiving turkey leftovers for an article about supply issues with the iconic bird. “If you know you are going to have too large of a turkey for the people you are having over, make sure you […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer an online class about using an electric pressure cooker for making soup from 6–7:30 p.m. on Oct. 28. “Making Soups in an Electric Pressure Cooker” will teach participants how to prepare creamy tomato soup and Italian sausage and kale soup. Participants can select either recipe to shop for […]
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VillageSoup noted that officials from Maine Sea Grant participated in an event hosted by the Camden Select Board on Oct. 14 to discuss the Megunticook River dams and river restoration efforts. Esperanza Stancioff, an associate professor with University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant, and Sea Grant professional Parker Gassett both participated in […]
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