Pamela Hargest, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension horticulture specialist, and Lynne Holland, an Extension community education specialist, talked with Centralmaine.com about the return of plant sales and the increasing number of online shoppers. The story also referenced a bulletin developed by UMaine Extension staff that outlines best practices for plant sale donors and buyers.
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Griffin Dill, University of Maine Cooperative Extension tick lab manager, noted that the reports of dog ticks in Maine so far this spring have skyrocketed in a Bangor Daily News story. Dill noted that dog ticks do not carry Lyme disease but can cause discomfort, especially for pets. He recommends avoiding areas where ticks might […]
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Amalia Harrington, a Maine Sea Grant marine Extension associate at the University of Maine, collaborated with other scientists in the National Sea Grant American Lobster Initiative (ALI) to publish a report detailing how warming waters impact lobsters. The researchers compiled a suite of recently published scientific articles and made the information accessible to the nonscientific community. “A Fishery in […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering a new way for producers and gardeners to receive the latest information and alerts about late blight of potatoes and tomatoes. The Late Blight Hotline from UMaine Extension will send subscribers in the U.S. and Canada text messages with up-to-date late blight information from June 1, 2021 to […]
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The Bangor Daily News talked with Jim Dill, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension pest management specialist, about controlling grubs that destroy lawns. WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) shared the BDN story.
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Kate Garland, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension horticulture professional, and Eric Gallandt, a UMaine professor of weed ecology, talked with the Bangor Daily News about strategies for mitigating weeds in home gardens.
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The Bangor Daily News, Centralmaine.com, The Irregular, The Ellsworth American and the Sun Journal advanced the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s upcoming online workshop “Recipe to Market.” More information about the program, which will be held at 9 a.m. May 14, is online.
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The Advertiser Democrat highlighted upcoming programs from University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H.
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer an online workshop for entrepreneurs and farmers interested in starting a home-based, specialty food business in Maine from 9 a.m.–noon May 14. “Recipe to Market” is a multidisciplinary program with topics including business basics, an overview of the specialty food industry and product development process, licensing and regulations, […]
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The University of Maine has announced that Laura Wilson and Sally Clark have received two of UMaine’s most prestigious employee awards. Wilson, who works for UMaine Cooperative Extension as a 4-H science professional, will be recognized as the 2021 Outstanding Professional Employee. An administrative support supervisor for Auxiliary Services, Clark is the 2021 Outstanding Classified […]
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