Jim Dill, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension pest management specialist, spoke with the Bangor Daily News about blister beetles. Maine has five species of the beetle, all of which exude a toxin that burns skin and can kill livestock if ingested.
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer an online class demonstrating the use of electric pressure cookers to make quick and easy meals 6–7:30 p.m. Aug. 19. Just in time for busy back-to-school schedules, Quick Meals Using an Electric Pressure Cooker will demonstrate how to make meatloaf, mashed potatoes, rice and rice pudding. Participants will […]
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Morning Ag Clips, Centralmaine.com, the Sun Journal, The Irregular and the Bangor Daily News advanced an Aug. 24 visit to Maine by Larry Tranel, a University of Iowa Extension dairy specialist with expertise in efficient milking systems. The visit, which is co-hosted by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, includes stops at two central Maine dairy farms. More information about these […]
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The Bangor Daily News, the Sun Journal, The Ellsworth American, Centralmaine.com and The Piscataquis Observer promoted an Aug. 19 class offered by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. “Quick Meals Using an Electric Pressure Cooker” will demonstrate how to make meatloaf, mashed potatoes, rice and rice pudding while participants cook along in real time. More information is online.
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The Washington Post interviewed Jason Bolton about why not to wash produce with soap. “Soap, in a lot of cases, has a different chemistry than the body should be ingesting,” said the University of Maine Cooperative Extension associate extension professor and food safety specialist. The article also cited a study in which he and his […]
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WQCB (106.5 FM in Brewer) noted that the University of Maine Cooperative Extension is helping the Maine Organic Farmers and Growers Association (MOFGA) and Fedco host “Green Maine Apple Day” on Oct. 17 at the MOFGA Education Center in Unity. More information about the event can be found online.
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The Portland Press Herald noted that the late Charlie Gould, a former University of Maine Cooperative Extension agent for Sagadahoc and Androscoggin counties, helped form the Maine Organic Farmers and Growers Association (MOFGA) in a story about its 50-year legacy. According to the report, which was shared by Centralmaine.com, Gould hosted a meeting on Aug. […]
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In a story about why people place their luggage in the bathtub in their hotel and motel rooms when they arrive, Snopes cited a University of Maine Cooperative Extension video about how to check those rooms for bedbugs. According to the report, people place luggage in the bathtub before checking their rooms for bedbugs, a […]
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Mashed cited University of Maine Cooperative Extension information about ethylene, a compound “that starts the reopening process” in fruit, in a story about a peach-ripening hack.
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The Bangor Daily News advanced a series of open houses at the University of Maine’s Rogers Farm in August. UMaine’s Cooperative Extension will host a weekly open house on Tuesday evenings from 5:30–7 p.m. at the demonstration gardens at 914 Bennoch Road. More information is available online.
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