In a segment about new farmers in Maine, Maine Public’s show “Maine Calling” featured Anne Martin, program coordinator of the Boots-2-Bushels market garden program at University of Maine Cooperative Extension.
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Griffin Dill, the manager of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab, spoke to News Center Maine about the rise in tick borne illness. “It’s not a surprise to those of us working with ticks and tick borne illnesses. We have seen cases of babesiosis dating back to 2001. Now we are seeing a […]
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Jim Dill, pest management specialist at University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke to the Bangor Daily News about stable flies. “If you have stable flies, they bite and that will bother the animals and will draw blood. If it gets bad enough, it can impact milk production in dairy animals,” Dill said. Dill added that […]
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In an article about tick season, News Center Maine noted that the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab has already received more than 400 tick samples this year. Q 97.9, Q 96.1, WBLM 102.9, WCYY and 92 Moose cited the News Center Maine report.
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Simply Recipes spoke to Kate McCarty, food systems professional at University of Maine Cooperative Extension, and Lily Calderwood, Extension wild blueberry specialist and assistant professor of horticulture, about best practices for storing blueberries. Calderwood explained the blueberries should not be washed before storing because they are covered in a waxy coating called ‘bloom,’ which fresh […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Jim Dill, pest management specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, about the parasitic horsehair worm. “Once they have parasitized the host and are mature, the horsehair worm tricks it to seek out water and jump in. The grasshopper or whatever bug is the host drowns and the worm comes […]
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Pamela Hargest, a University of Maine Extension horticulturist, spoke to the Portland Press Herald about invasive pests infiltrating local plant sales. Hargest explained that volunteers at plant sales will rinse the soil from the roots of all perennials dug up from local gardens and repot them for the sale in a peat-free mix because it […]
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In an article about June Bugs and how to remove them from gardens, Good Housekeeping magazine cited an online resource about them from University of Maine Cooperative Extension.
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The Piscataquis Observer noted that the University of Maine is a partner organization in the Green Jobs Fair for two area middle school classes, Piscataquis Community Elementary School sixth grade and SeDoMoCha Middle School seventh grade, organized by the Piscataquis Environmental Education Collaborative and Maine TREE. Other UMaine-affiliated partners for the event include the School […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H will offer a short-term online 4-H club for youth ages 13–18 about basic adult life skills from 4–5:30 p.m. Wednesdays, June 21–July 26. Required registration closes June 10. The “4-H Adulting 101” series will introduce basic adult life skills by exploring a different topic each week including personal values, […]
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