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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At the University of Maine, 26 faculty members have received tenure and/or promotion this spring. This annual announcement is an important opportunity to recognize faculty members’ outstanding achievements and contributions in teaching, scholarship and research, and community engagement, says UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy. “We congratulate them for their leadership, innovation, and focus on putting students […]
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The University of Maine System Rural Health and Well-being Grand Challenge Initiative’s Injury Prevention Collaborative recently held a seed grant competition for UMS researchers. The program is coordinated by Marcella Sorg and Jamie Wren at the University of Maine Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, with assistance from UMaine’s Office of Research Development. The UMS Injury […]
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Griffin Dill, University of Maine Cooperative Extension tick lab coordinator, spoke with WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland), about a 50% drop in Lyme Disease cases between 2019 and 2020. “We saw that perfect storm of people spending more time outdoors, ticks being heavily active, but as the summer months wore on and drier conditions became […]
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The Bennington Banner and Times Argus promoted the University of Vermont Extension education series, “Learn to Grow Vegetables,” which features 10 short videos produced by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. More information about the series is online.
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