Cooperative Extension

UMaine Extension offers virtual ‘Recipe to Market’ workshop Feb. 21

University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer an online workshop for entrepreneurs and farmers interested in starting a home-based, specialty food business in Maine from 9 a.m.-noon on Feb. 21.  Recipe to Market is a multidisciplinary program intended to introduce participants to key topics an aspiring entrepreneur needs to consider before starting a food business. […]

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UMaine Extension hosting wild blueberry conference Feb. 17

University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host its annual wild blueberry conference from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Feb. 17 at the Moore Community Center, 125 State St. in Ellsworth. This year, the conference will also offer a virtual option for those unable to attend in person.  The full-day event brings together experts, researchers, growers and […]

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Mainebiz features UMaine faculty at culinary event in NYC

Mainebiz interviewed two faculty members from the University of Maine regarding the Academie Culinaire de France meeting at the Institute for Culinary Education in New York City on Saturday, Feb. 3, where a team showcased Maine sea scallops. The aquaculture lead and senior program manager for University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Dana Morse, attended the […]

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Media boost UMaine Extension ‘Recipe to Market’ workshop

Morning Ag Clips, the Daily Bulldog, Bangor Daily News, The Piscataquis Observer, Sun Journal, CentralMaine.com, Livermore Fall Advertiser and The Bethel Citizen promoted the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s “Recipe to Market” workshop to be held online Wednesday, Feb. 21 from 9 a.m.-noon. Anyone interested in starting a home-based, specialty food business can hear tips […]

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Media promote UMaine Extension wild blueberry conference

The Penobscot Bay Pilot, Morning Ag Clips, Daily Bulldog, The Ellsworth American and Sun Journal and  promoted the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s annual wild blueberry conference where experts, researchers, growers and industry leaders discuss the wild blueberry industry. It is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 17 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Moore Community Center […]

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Country Folks showcases work from UMaine Plant Disease Diagnostics Lab

Country Folks interviewed Alicyn Smart, plant pathologist and director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Plant Disease Diagnostics Lab, and one of her laboratory technicians, Ruby Bonilla, about several new plant diseases discovered in Maine last year. The research team’s goals are to complete various tests on the plant samples to narrow down what […]

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Country Folks showcases work from UMaine Plant Disease Diagnostics Lab

County Folks interviewed Alicyn Smart, plant pathologist and director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Plant Disease Diagnostics Lab, and one of her laboratory technicians, Ruby Bonilla, about several new plant diseases discovered in Maine last year. The research team’s goals are to complete various tests on the plant samples to narrow down what […]

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