The Bangor Daily News interviewed Kate Garland, a horticulture specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, about hardening off, the process of gradually bringing seedlings outside to adapt them to outdoor conditions before transplanting them into the garden. Seedlings that aren’t hardened off before planting will suffer from transplant shock, displaying wilting or discolored leaves […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension compiled resources into a new webpage dedicated to Best Management Practices for U-Pick Farms During COVID-19. The site offers guidance and practical tips on topics including proper sanitation, maintaining social distancing, safe handwashing systems, and access to a recorded webinar featuring in-depth discussion about best pick-your-own practices for Maine farms. […]
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Morning Ag Clips highlighted the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s online professional development sessions for adults working with youth. The free Virtual 4-H Quarantine Professional Development is designed for after-school providers, 4-H volunteers, teachers — any adult working directly with youth. Session topics include making and tinkering, supporting social and emotional learning, observing the natural […]
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The Lincoln Journal Star interviewed Mark Hutchinson, educator and professor with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for the article “Producers eye carcass disposal options.” Farmers are exploring different ways to dispose of the carcasses of pigs they could not send to meat processing plants due to loss in capacity spurred by the coronavirus outbreak, […]
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Morning Ag Clips promoted the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s updated and expanded resources for the caretakers of small ruminants. The Extension’s sheep and goat program webpage now includes new publications on caring for young stock purchased off the farm, updated production and health management information, an updated sheep shearers list, and marketing resources and […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Kate Garland, a horticulture professional with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, about how people can protect themselves against the coronavirus while gardening in a community garden. Garland said community gardeners should bring their own tools when possible, not bring their children to the gardens, minimize their trips, avoid gardening […]
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Morning Ag Clips highlighted online training sessions for volunteer citizen scientists offered by University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant. The three-part webinar series Signs of the Seasons focuses on the value of studying phenology in a changing climate, the relevance of indicator species, and how to set up a site and begin […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Griffin Dill, an integrated pest management professional who manages the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab, about how Mainers can protect themselves from disease-carrying ticks. Dill said using Permethrin and repellents that include DEET and picaridin help protect against ticks. “Essential oil products are really popular for being natural […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H will offer professional development sessions online for adults working with youth starting 9–11:30 a.m. May 27. Sessions continue June 1, 3, 4 and 11. Virtual 4-H Quarantine Professional Development is designed for after-school providers, 4-H volunteers, teachers — any adult working directly with youth. Topics include making and tinkering, […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension has updated and expanded resources available to keepers of small ruminants on the dedicated sheep and goat program webpage. The revised site includes new publications on caring for young stock purchased off the farm, updated production and health management information, an updated sheep shearers list, marketing resources and information on […]
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