Gov. Janet Mills recently recognized the 50th anniversary of the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) available through University of Maine Cooperative Extension. In her Oct. 24 letter, Mills acknowledged the program’s success in “providing hands-on education to parents, caregivers, and youth in the essentials of nutrition, food safety and security, food resource management, […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a free presentation on ticks and mosquitoes 3:30–5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6 at the UMaine Regional Learning Center in Falmouth. Emer Smith, field epidemiologist with the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, will discuss tick and mosquito biology, tick identification, common vector-borne diseases and frequency of occurrence, […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a workshop on slow-smoked meats 6:30–8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15 at UMaine’s Pilot Plant and Commercial Kitchen in Hitchner Hall on the Orono campus. An opening reception begins at 6 p.m. “Barbecue 101” participants can learn about the science of slow-smoked meats, how to set up a barbecue […]
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The Bangor Daily News and Morning Ag Clips advanced the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s “Barbecue 101” workshop 6:30–8 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Pilot Plant and Commercial Kitchen in Hitchner Hall at UMaine. BDN Homestead writer Sam Schipani met with Colt Knight, state livestock specialist and assistant professor with Cooperative Extension, to get firsthand […]
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The Advertiser Democrat reported University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Oxford County has recently hired two new staff members. Emma Fournier joined the organization in July as a horticulture community education assistant, focusing on residential/consumer programs through outreach and by request. “I help homeowners with their questions, providing publications and helping identify plants and insects,” […]
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News Center Maine covered a “recipe to market” seminar hosted by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Ellsworth on Oct. 29. The seminar was designed to give small businesses the opportunity to learn about the right way to market their products. “These are people that started around a passion for food,” said Jim McConnon, […]
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WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle) quoted Steven Johnson, crops specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in a report on rotating crops. Rotating crops serve many purposes, and the practice is part of a scientific program at UMaine Extension in Presque Isle where various crops are planted and studied. “It’s a three-year study, and […]
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The County previewed the annual meeting of the Aroostook County Extension Association to be held Nov. 7 at the Aroostook Shrine Club in Presque Isle. The business meeting will be preceded by a 5:30 p.m. social and a 6 p.m. dinner. Cost of the dinner is $5 per person, free for children; reservations are required. […]
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The Daily Bulldog reported David Fuller, agriculture and nontimber forest products professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will give a talk titled “Identifying and Products from Balsam Fir” at the North Chesterville Extension Homemakers meeting on Nov. 19 at the Chesterville Town Office. The meeting will be held beginning at 6:30 p.m., with Fuller’s […]
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Maine residents who want to develop a farm food safety plan are invited to take the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Produce Safety Alliance grower training course in Saco or Belfast. In Saco, the course will be offered from 8:15 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Nov. 8 (snow date Nov. 15) at Saco City Hall, 300 […]
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