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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The Daily Bulldog published a column from David Fuller, a non-timber agriculture professional with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, titled “When to plant the veggie garden.”
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The Bangor Daily News and WVII (Channel 7) highlighted University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s “Summer 2021 Wild Blueberry Field Days.” The field days kick off 3–5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 25 with a combined pest and crop management meeting on Jordan Way off Nicolin Road in Ellsworth. More information can be found online.
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host in-person wild blueberry field days beginning 3–5 p.m. May 25 with a combined pest and crop management meeting on Jordan Way off Nicolin Road in Ellsworth. ”Summer 2021 Wild Blueberry Field Days” will continue through July 9 with themed meetings about conventional and organic climate resilience and dual-use […]
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The Fiddlehead Focus advanced the University of Maine Cooperative Extension annual Plant Swap scheduled for 10 a.m.–noon on May 29 in Fort Kent. For more information, contact Sharon Paradis, 207.834.3905; sharon.paradis@maine.edu.
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot, Morning Ag Clips, Centralmaine.com and the Bangor Daily News promoted a new University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H experiential learning program for youth ages 9–18, delivered virtually from June 15 to October. UMaine Extension is partnering with the UMaine Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research and UMaine Aquaculture Research Institute to offer […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer an online class teaching consumers to use electric pressure cookers to prepare classic barbecue recipes from 6–7:30 p.m. May 27. “BBQing With Your Electric Pressure Cooker” will feature barbecued ribs and baked beans, with recipes and tips for preparing stuffed eggs, pasta and potato salads and dessert […]
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Researchers at the University of Maine and the University of Maine at Farmington (UMF) have received a grant of $29,996 to facilitate development of a circular food system that promotes value-added processing of rural agricultural surplus and by-products to address food waste and food insecurity challenges. The project is funded by the University of Maine […]
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