BDN promotes Extension beekeeping resources
The Bangor Daily News cited University of Maine Cooperative Extension online resources for apiarists in a story about preparing for the upcoming beekeeping season.
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UMaine Extension, UNH Extension offer lighting options for indoor growing webinar Jan. 27
University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Extension will offer a webinar about lighting options for growing indoor plants and seedlings from 6–7 p.m. Jan. 27. “Optimizing Plant Growth with Indoor Lighting” for home gardeners will discuss the different properties of light, how plants use it and how artificial light can improve […]
Read moreUMaine Extension offers free webinars on selling meat, poultry in Maine
University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (MDACF) will offer two free webinars for producers interested in selling packaged meat and poultry direct to consumers. The session for livestock producers is Jan. 20; for poultry producers, the session is Jan 21. Both webinars are scheduled for 11 a.m.–1:30 […]
Read moreMedia advance accounting for farms webinar series
The Bangor Daily News, the Daily Bulldog, The Irregular, Centralmaine.com and The Franklin Journal promoted a University of Maine Cooperative Extension workshop series, “Quick Books for Farms,” which will be held Feb. 15, 17, 22 and 24. The webinars, which are offered in partnership with the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE), will cover the basic principles of accounting in […]
Read moreLilley quoted in WABI story about beekeeping classes
WABI (Channel 5) talked with Jason Lilley, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension sustainable agriculture professional, about the new UMaine Extension beekeeping webinar series that begins Jan. 14. More information about the series, which will benefit new and experienced apiarists, is online.
Read moreUMaine Extension 4-H virtual passport club goes global
University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is offering a new virtual cultural exchange club for youth ages 12–18 years beginning 4–5 p.m. Jan. 19. Additional meetings will be 9:30–10:30 a.m. Jan. 30, Feb. 13 and Feb. 27; and 4–5 p.m. Feb. 2 and Feb. 16. “4-H Virtual Passport Around the World” is a UMaine Extension […]
Read moreCentralmaine.com interviews Lilley about economic survival of organic farms during the pandemic
Centralmaine.com interviewed Jason Lilley, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension sustainable agriculture professional, about an analysis he and his colleagues conducted that showed sales of organic products had increased slightly during the pandemic. The Portland Press Herald shared the Centralmaine.com story.
Read moreMedia advance lighting for indoor gardening webinar
The Bangor Daily News, the Daily Bulldog, The Irregular, Q106.5 FM (Bangor), the Carriage Towne News and the Portland Press Herald and the Rangeley Highlander advanced an upcoming webinar about lighting options for growing indoor plants and seedlings hosted by University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension. Anyone interested in attending the webinar, scheduled for 6–7 p.m. Jan. […]
Read moreUMaine Extension offers webinar on new vegetable varieties for home gardens
University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Extension will hold an online panel discussion about new vegetable varieties available for Northern New England gardens from 6–7 p.m. Jan. 13. “Exciting New Vegetable Varieties for Home Gardeners” will feature Mark Hutton, UMaine Extension associate professor and state vegetable specialist; Becky Sideman, UNH Extension […]
Read moreUMaine Extension offers livestock nutrition webinars
University of Maine Cooperative Extension is hosting a weekly series of five livestock nutrition webinars from noon–1:30 p.m. on Wednesdays from Jan. 13 to Feb. 10. Topics include basic nutrition and feeding needs of small ruminants, beef cattle, pigs and poultry, as well as processing expectations. UMaine Extension assistant professor and livestock specialist Colt Knight […]
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