Cooperative Extension

McConnon quoted in PPH piece about growth of specialty food, beverage businesses

James C. McConnon Jr. talked with the Portland Press Herald for its story about the rising number of specialty food and beverage businesses in the state. McConnon, a Cooperative Extension business and economics specialist and economics professor at the University of Maine, said according to federal census data, the number of food and beverage manufacturing […]

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Pen Bay Pilot previews winter potluck

The Penobscot Bay Pilot advanced the Waldo County Extension Association’s free fourth annual Waldo County farmer and food producer winter potluck dinner at 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 29, at the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association exhibition hall in Unity. A dinner theater featuring local farmers in skits focused on farm health and safety begins […]

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Turner Publishing previews Extension blueberry conference

Turner Publishing advanced University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s wild blueberry conference Feb. 22 at Hollywood Casino in Bangor. For more information, contact Mary Michaud, 207.581.3175; mary.j.michaud@maine.edu, visit the conference website or contact UMaine Extension blueberry specialist Lily Calderwood, 207.581.3193; lily.calderwood@maine.edu.

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Fiddlehead Focus advances healthy soil workshop

Fiddlehead Focus posted information about a Feb. 19 healthy soil workshop for farmers coordinated by Maine Farmland Trust, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Southern Aroostook Soil and Water Conservation District, Central Aroostook Soil and Water Conservation District and farmers at the University of Maine at Presque Isle. A number of UMaine-affiliated experts will take part. […]

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Feb. 6 is annual University of Maine Day in the Hall of Flags

Editor’s note: Due to inclement weather, this event has been canceled for Feb. 6.  University of Maine faculty, staff and students will be in the Hall of Flags in the State House 8–11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 6 to showcase how Maine’s flagship university makes a difference in all 16 counties.  University of Maine Cooperative Extension […]

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Advertiser Democrat announces beginner beekeeping classes starting Feb. 29

Advertiser Democrat announced the Oxford Hills Honey Bee Club and University of Maine Cooperative Extension Oxford County will host a beginner beekeeping school starting Saturday, Feb. 29. Classes will be held weekly on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon through April 25 at the Oxford County Cooperative Extension office in South Paris. The cost is […]

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Dumas featured in KJ, Morning Sentinel article about Maine Agricultural Trades Show

The Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel highlighted chef Rob Dumas in an article about the Maine Agricultural Trades Show. Dumas, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension food science innovation coordinator, prepared fajitas with grass-fed flank steak during a demonstration of how to cook local beef. Buying local gives consumers better supply chain confidence, Dumas said. […]

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Media preview Maine Garden Day

Morning Ag Clips, The Franklin Journal and Advertiser Democrat posted a University of Maine Cooperative Extension release about its Maine Garden Day on March 14 at Lewiston High School. There will be 30 hands-on, informational workshops on grafting fruit trees, growing hemp in the garden, rewilding the landscape, hunger in the community, growing a gardening business, raising […]

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