Morning Ag Clips and Centralmaine.com promoted a University of Maine Cooperative Extension webinar, “Exciting New Vegetable Varieties for Home Gardeners,” which is set for 6 p.m. Jan. 13. More information about the event is online.
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The Piscataquis County Extension Association annual meeting begins at 3 p.m. Jan. 11 online and is open to the public. The meeting will include a presentation by Jessica Leahy, a professor in the University of Maine School of Forest Resources, focused on the Rural Youth Futures Project. The initiative was launched in response to changing […]
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The Bangor Daily News, the Boothbay Register, the Sun Journal, Centralmaine.com and WABI (Channel 5) advanced University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H’s new virtual cultural exchange club for youth ages 12–18 years. The “4-H Virtual Passport Around the World” club is a UMaine Extension 4-H special interest club designed to introduce young people from different cultural backgrounds to their […]
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Anne Lichtenwalner, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension associate professor and director of the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, and Rick Kersbergen, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor of sustainable dairy and forage systems, spoke to the Bangor Daily News about why not to give poultry and livestock spoiled feed. “If you open up a bag […]
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The Daily Bulldog and Bangor Daily News highlighted an online panel discussion about new vegetable varieties for Northern New England home gardens hosted by University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Extension. The webinar will be held 6–7 p.m. Jan. 13. Register on the event webpage.
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The Bangor Daily News and VillageSoup advanced the University of Maine Hutchinson Center’s online professional development program Self-Care for Clinicians offered Jan. 29–30. More information is available on the Hutchinson Center website.
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The Piscataquis Observer shared a media release about the Piscataquis County Extension Association’s annual meeting, which will feature a presentation by Jessica Leahy, a professor in the University of Maine School of Forest Resources, focused on the Rural Youth Futures Project.
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Donna Coffin, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor, spoke with the Bangor Daily News about how to prevent livestock water from freezing. “Animals, like people, have to have water,” she said. “Sometimes if we have really deep snow, there are some animals that might be able to get enough moisture, but most animals can’t.”
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WAGM in Presque Isle interviewed Rick Kersbergen, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor of sustainable dairy and forage systems, about how UMaine Extension is helping farmers obtain hay during the supply shortage. “We do have a hay directory on our University of Maine website, and that hay directory does list hay for sale in […]
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Mary Ellen Camire, professor of food science and human nutrition at the University of Maine, spoke with Potato News Today about new Maine potato varieties that are safer to eat. The varieties Easton and AF4296-3 have less acrylamide, a probable carcinogen, than the Russet Burbank variety. “It took years to convince consumers to switch from […]
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