UMaine News

The Portland Press Herald and Ellsworth American talked with Renae Moran, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor of pomology, about this year’s apple crop. She noted to the Press Herald the crop seems to be as good as it can be considering Maine’s drought conditions. The professor said to the Ellsworth American she has witnessed […]

An article in the Portland Press Herald offering food safety tips for home canners included recipe recommendations from Kathleen Savoie, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Educator. CentralMaine.com shared the story.

Griffin Dill, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension tick lab coordinator, was cited in an Associated Press story about reductions in insect borne disease resulting from drought conditions in the Northeast. The Washington Times, the Lewiston Sun Journal and CentralMaine.com shared the AP story.

The Ellsworth American highlighted a free soil testing program sponsored by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in partnership with the Hancock County Soil and Water Conservation District and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Resources Conservation Service. Residents of Hancock can have the pH of their soil tested by dropping off samples throughout the month […]

The Bangor Daily News interviewed Jim Dill, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension pest management specialist, about the squash vine borer, a known pest in southern Maine that has been identified in central Maine this summer. “This year I have gotten quite a few calls from gardeners about it,” said Dill. “Far more calls than […]

Inquire Within, the digital magazine from the organization WorkingNation, reported on Maine AgrAbility’s Boots-2-Bushels program, which teaches military veterans the skills needed to be their own agribusiness bosses. The 30-week program, which launched in January, includes classes taught by experts from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, […]

The Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel shared a media release about the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s seven-week series of tips for farm resiliency on social media that begins Sept. 13. Each post on the UMaine Extension Facebook page will feature a new entry from the weekly “Small Bites” series, offering short articles with practical […]