University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H will offer a hands-on program for youth ages 9–18 interested in learning more about dogs from 8:30 a.m–noon June 12 at the University of Maine’s J. Franklin Witter Teaching and Research Center, 160 University Farm Road, Old Town. The Spring 2021 Maine 4-H Dog Clinic will offer participants activities […]
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To encourage more people to grow their own vegetables, University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Piscataquis County Extension Executive Committee adopted the One Tomato project in 2014. So far, over 2,670 cherry tomato seedlings have been distributed to local gardeners producing a yield of tomatoes valued at $8.38 per plant, according to Donna Coffin, […]
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The Bangor Daily News shared a University of Maine news release announcing that Judith Josiah-Martin, Elizabeth Allan and James Dill have received the 2021 UMaine Presidential Awards. Josiah-Martin, a lecturer in the School of Social Work, received the Outstanding Teaching Award; Allan, a professor of higher education, received the Presidential Research and Creative Achievement Award; […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Anne Lichtenwalner, director of the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at the University of Maine, about the exploding number of ticks this year and their impact on livestock. The story also cited UMaine Tick Lab reports of alpha-gal syndrome, a human allergy to red meat developed after being bitten by a […]
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An informational video recorded by Griffin Dill, manager of University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s tick lab, was featured on the WCYY (94.3 FM in Portland) website.
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In response to questions from Maine’s agricultural producers on area wages, pay, and benefits, University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Vegetable and Small Fruit Growers Association developed a survey for farmer owners with employees that went out statewide this past March. Responses were due by April 2. “Farmers had no way of knowing […]
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Centralmaine.com, the Sun Journal and Morning Ag Clips promoted the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s “Summer 2021 Wild Blueberry Days,” May 25–July 9, with themed meetings about climate resilience and dual-use solar. The event concludes with a field day at UMaine’s Blueberry Hill Farm in Jonesboro. More information is online.
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The Bangor Daily News, WVII (Channel 7), and News Center Maine promoted the “One Tomato” seedling program offered by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Piscataquis County office in June. More information about the program, which distributes free tomato seedlings to home gardeners to encourage gardening, is online.
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Aroostook County office is sponsoring its Third Annual Plant Swap from 10 a.m.–noon May 29, rain or shine, at Bouchard Family Farms, 772 Caribou Road in Fort Kent. The public is invited to bring healthy disease- and pest-free plants and bulbs from home in exchange for the same number of […]
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David Fuller, a non-timber agriculture professional with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Forestry Society of Maine for a story titled “There’s More Than Timber in That Forest” published in the organization’s recent newsletter.
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