University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a webinar about preparing edible holiday gifts from noon–12:45 p.m. Nov. 9. Topics include cost-effective ways to make holiday gifts, food safety tips for giving food as gifts, and using Maine foods in soup and baking mixes, as well as preserved foods. Recipes will be prepared in an […]
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The Bridgton News reported on the Maine 4-H Foundation purchasing the Magic Lantern in Bridgton to transform it into a new innovation lab and learning center.
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Yahoo! News cited a University of Maine Cooperative Extension resource titled “The Role of Ethylene in Fruit Ripening” for a story about the effects of the gas, which is released from ripe and overripe apples and other fruits, on produce.
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The Bangor Daily News, The Bethel Citizen, the Boothbay Register, Centralmaine.com and Morning Ag Clips advanced an upcoming webinar about preparing edible gifts offered by University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Register for the session, which will be held at noon Tuesday, Nov. 9, online.
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The Monadnock Ledger-Transcript highlighted a bulletin from University of Maine Cooperative Extension about how to care for wild apple trees in a story about them.
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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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