Cooperative Extension

Chat online with garden experts beginning March 30

University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a series of free one-hour online home gardening discussions starting Monday, March 30 at 9 a.m. Additional sessions are scheduled each Monday at 9 a.m., Wednesday at noon and Thursday at 6 p.m. through April 23. “Garden Chats: Growing Resilience from the Ground Up” will be a chance […]

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Ellsworth American reports on outreach efforts of Sea Grant, Extension 

The Ellsworth American noted efforts of Maine Sea Grant and University of Maine Cooperative Extension in a story about seafood harvesters directly marketing their catch. Maine Sea Grant recently sent a flyer to oyster growers with advice about directly marketing their shellfish online, at farm stands or farmers’ markets, or at their farms. UMaine Extension […]

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UMaine Extension creates video series with easy recipes to make at home

University of Maine Cooperative Extension Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program has created a new video series with recipes that are easy to make at home while keeping nutrition in mind. The “Mainely Dish” series will feature a new recipe each Monday with a brief video and clear instructions. The series begins with oatmeal packets, […]

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Media share Extension’s resource site related to coronavirus

Daily Bulldog and The Piscataquis Observer posted the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s user-friendly webpage featuring links to recently completed resources related to COVID-19. UMaine Extension: Connecting with Maine Communities During COVID-19 lists diverse resources available to the public, including guidelines for farmers, educational resources for parents and children, and established services that have been […]

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Piscataquis Observer posts update on Fourth Friday Plant Clinics

The Piscataquis Observer shared that Trisha Smith, home horticulture aide with University of Maine Cooperative Extension Piscataquis County, will host a live Zoom conference version of the Fourth Friday Plant Clinic from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, March 27. To access through PC, Mac or smartphone: https://maine.zoom.us/j/146882821. On a telephone, enter Meeting ID: 146 […]

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Check out what’s next on ‘The Maine Question’

While “The Maine Question” podcast is on a brief spring break, host Ron Lisnet encourages listeners to check the lineup in case they missed any episodes, as well as to share their favorite conversations with friends. Topics of the podcast, now in its second season, have included news in the 21st century; dog biscuits made […]

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AP advances online hemp workshop

The Washington Times, WABI and WMTW ran the Associated Press story about the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s online workshop to teach Maine residents how to grow hemp at home. During the April 2 workshop, Extension professor of soil and water quality John Jemison will talk about best practices for growing hemp as well as […]

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Media promote Extension 4-H ‘Learn at Home’ resource

The Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal (centralmaine.com) and Z107.3 promoted the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s new 4-H online educational resource. Learn at Home, which includes activity books, videos, guides and links to additional resources, is for parents, caregivers and students to utilize during the disruption in school schedules. Activities will be featured Fridays with […]

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Media report on Extension’s farmer-to-consumer website

The Portland Press Herald reported University of Maine Cooperative Extension has picked up a digital spreadsheet of wholesale farm products available directly to consumers, and has expanded it into a website. The spreadsheet was created by Allison Lakin, owner of Lakin’s Gorges Cheese and East Forty Farm in Waldoboro, who worked with UMaine Extension to […]

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