The Penobscot Bay Pilot shared a University of Maine announcement about a student-led campaign to collect donations of personal care items for the campus food pantry, the Black Bear Exchange. Honors Ambassadors Katie Tims and Bailey West sponsored a campus food drive last fall that garnered more than 500 items for the pantry and a […]
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The Bangor Daily News, the Penobscot Bay Pilot, the Daily Bulldog and Centralmaine.com highlighted University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H offering virtual science cafés for teens in grades 7–12 from 4–4:45 p.m. every Tuesday beginning March 2. “Maine 4-H Virtual Teen Science Cafés” will feature informal sessions with University of Maine scientists discussing their research and what led […]
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The Bangor Daily News, the Sun Journal and The Irregular advanced the University of Maine Cooperative Extension cooking and nutrition webinar series that begins March 9. More information, including the full schedule, is available online.
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The Bangor Daily News, Centralmaine.com, the Daily Bulldog, The Irregular, Morning Ag Clips, the Sun Journal, The Rangeley Highlander and the Penobscot Bay Pilot advanced University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s three-webinar series about compost issues in agriculture and waste management, which it will host from noon–1 p.m. March 11, 23 and 30. Register for the series online.
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The Bangor Daily News and the Daily Bulldog advanced University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s two new webinars about cooking with Maine foods from 2–2:45 p.m. March 9 and March 23. Register for them on the program webpage.
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Morning Ag Clips, The Irregular, the Sun Journal, the Daily Bulldog, the Bangor Daily News, The Ellsworth American, Centralmaine.com and 92 Moose (WMME in Augusta) advanced a University of Maine Cooperative Extension webinar, “Ornamental Garden Design,” which will be held 6–7 p.m. March 10. More information about the event, which is co-sponsored by the University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension, is online. […]
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Jason Lilley, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension sustainable agriculture professional, spoke with the Bangor Daily News about the possibility of a birch sap market forming in Maine. “It lines up really well with the maple industry in that you need all of the same equipment to make birch syrup as you need to make […]
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WAGM in Presque Isle interviewed Marcy Wicklund, home horticulture coordinator for University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in a preview for a webinar about how to landscape with edible native plants. “It’s finding what’s already there. And you can add one or two plants to supplement your landscape,” Wicklund said. The webinar, which will be co-hosted […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension Penobscot County 4-H is offering a short-term special-interest club for youth in grades 3–8 who enjoy the outdoors. The club starts Feb. 27 and continues meeting on various Saturday mornings through late spring. The “Outdoor Adventure 4-H SPIN Club” brings together youth and experienced outdoor leaders to explore the natural […]
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Morning Ag Clips, The Irregular, the Daily Bulldog, the Bangor Daily News, the Sun Journal and Centralmaine.com advanced a University of Maine Cooperative Extension educational update webinar for the potato industry at 7 p.m. Feb. 24. More information is online.
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