The Bangor Daily News spoke with University of Maine Cooperative Extension faculty Mark Hutchinson and Colt Knight about using pigs to turn over and fertilize small plots of land. Yahoo! News shared the BDN story.
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The Sun Journal promoted a University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H project in Cumberland County. Find more information about “True Leaders in Service Chicken to Kitchen Project and Food Drive” online.
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WBIW Radio (in Bloomington, Indiana), The Tribune and WCSI Radio (in Columbus, Ohio) advanced a presentation by Anne Devin, a veterans outreach professional with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine AgrAbility scheduled for 1 p.m. Aug. 10. Devin will present “Programming for Veterans in Agriculture: How Maine Does It,” as part of a virtual veterans in […]
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University of Maine researchers are studying how changes in rainfall patterns caused by climate change could affect strawberries in the Northeast. Principal investigator Rachel Schattman, an assistant professor of sustainable agriculture, and her research team built a precipitation and cropping simulator to assess the effects of four possible rainfall scenarios on strawberries and other specialty […]
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Dave Fuller, a nontimber forest products professional with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Sun Journal about invasive insects that have been identified in several regions of Maine, including Swede midge, leek moths and spotted wing Drosophila.
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In a report that traces the path of Maine wild blueberries as they move from the fields to consumers, Down East magazine cited University of Maine research into best practices for cultivation and University of Maine Cooperative Extension outreach to growers for helping the industry thrive.
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Maine Public and the Bangor Daily News spoke with Jim Dill, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension pest management specialist, about the presence of browntail moths in the Bangor area, precautions that can be taken to minimize contact with their irritating hairs and treatments for the rash that develops after contact.
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The Portland Press Herald cited information from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in a story about renewing strawberry beds. Extension notes that beds generally last three to five years, but can be renewed to last longer.
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Griffin Dill, University of Maine Cooperative Extension tick lab manager, about an emerging trick for keeping ticks away that is being shared on social media. The trick, according to the BDN, involves hikers wrapping duct tape around their pant ankles with the sticky side out to catch ticks when they […]
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The Ellsworth American promoted a University of Maine Cooperative Extension healthy recipe webinar scheduled for 3:30 p.m. June 9 for families in Washington, Hancock, Androscoggin and Sagadahoc counties. “Create Family Meals” is part of a weekly series that runs through June 23. More information is online.
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