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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Centralmaine.com, the Penobscot Bay Pilot and the Sun Journal cited the University of Maine Tick Lab’s identification and testing services in a story about a new tick awareness and Lyme disease prevention campaign launched by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. VillageSoup cited UMaine Extension’s resources in a story about reducing the risk […]
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The Daily Bulldog shared a column by David Fuller, a non-timber agriculture professional with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, offering guidelines for sustainably harvesting wild leeks and fiddleheads.
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The Forecaster and the Scarborough Leader promoted a plant sale to benefit University of Maine Cooperative Extension activities in Cumberland County beginning May 9. Customers can order locally grown flowers, vegetables, herbs, perennials and native plants online through May 26 for pick-up in Falmouth May 28–June 1. More information is online.
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension will offer a webinar for home gardeners on garden preparation to deter weeds from 6–7:15 p.m. May 12. “Preparing Your Garden Site: Getting Ahead of Weeds” will cover practices such as tarping, deep tillage, double-digging, sheet mulching and raised beds. Nick Rowley, UNH […]
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VillageSoup cited Esperanza Stancioff, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor, in reporting on efforts to help coastal communities address climate change and rising sea levels in Waldo County. Stancioff is a member of the group Collaborating Toward Climate Solutions (CTCS), which includes researchers from Bowdoin College, the University of Maine at Machias, the Maine […]
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The Bangor Daily News talked with Anne Lichtenwalner, director of the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at the University of Maine, about soft shell or rubber eggs, and what they indicate about chickens’ health.
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The Bangor Daily News, The Ellsworth American, Morning Ag Clips, The Piscataquis Observer, The Irregular, Centralmaine.com and the Penobscot Bay Pilot advanced a University of Maine Cooperative Extension workshop, “Supporting Pollinators in your Landscape,” scheduled for 6 p.m. May 26. More information about the workshop, which is part of the virtual winter gardening series, is online.
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Dave Fuller, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension non-timber agricultural specialist, talked with News Center Maine about finding, harvesting and consuming fiddleheads. UMaine Cooperative Extension has a bulletin with more information about fiddleheads online.
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