Jason Lilley, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension sustainable agriculture professional, spoke with Farms.com about an upcoming farm tractor safety course, with weekly classes offered online from 6–7 p.m. April 14 through May 5. “We start out with understanding some of the risk and the level of risk with different activities on the farm in […]
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The Bangor Daily News, the Boothbay Register, the Daily Bulldog and the Penobscot Bay Pilot promoted a new 4-H citizen science club for children in grades 4–8 sponsored by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. The club will meet weekly from 3:30–4:30 p.m. May 5–June 9. More information is online.
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University of Maine researchers are assisting in a multi-institutional effort to create new strategies for producing and marketing small grains like bread wheat, naked barley, hulless oats, rye and others. Farmers often underutilize small grains because they have less economic value than other crops. To increase their value and provide more revenue streams for Northeastern […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is offering a weekly citizen science club for students in grades 4–8. The group will meet Wednesdays from 3:30–4:30 p.m. May 5–June 9. This virtual 4-H citizen scientists club encourages youth to practice citizen science in their own backyard and report their observations to make connections with fellow citizen […]
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News Center Maine spoke with Lily Calderwood, a wild blueberry specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, about an agrivoltaic project centered on a 10-acre blueberry farm in Rockport. Calderwood notes that Maine’s blueberry farmers are open to new technologies like the dual-use model being studied in this project.
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The Bangor Daily News, the Penobscot Bay Pilot, The Free Press and the Daily Bulldog promoted the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s “4-H Virtual Passport Around the World SPIN” club, which will meet weekly beginning April 24. More information about the club is online.
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Steven Johnson, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension crop specialist, talked with WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle) for a story about the benefits of online meetings. Johnson noted that virtual meetings save on travel time and enable participation in additional events.
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The Bangor Daily News talked with Kate Garland, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension horticulture specialist, about starting seeds indoors. Garland noted that heat mats and grow lights can help gardeners get a jump on the season.
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The Bangor Daily News, the Sun Journal, the Daily Bulldog, The Piscataquis Observer, Morning Ag Clips, The Rangeley Highlander, The Irregular and the Boothbay Register promoted “Fiddleheads: A Spring Tradition,” at 6 p.m. April 14. More information about the event, which is sponsored by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the University of New Hampshire Extension, is online.
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Applications are due April 4 for the weekly University of Maine Cooperative Extension farm tractor safety classes, which will be offered online from 6–7 p.m. April 14 through May 5. In-person tractor-driving practice is set for May 1 and 8, with a May 15 rain date, at two locations — Gorham Public Works, 80 Huston […]
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