Cooperative Extension

Teams gathering unwanted crops for Maine Harvest for Hunger

Since 2000, the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Maine Harvest for Hunger program has donated nearly 3 million pounds of produce to help address food insecurity in the state.  In addition to donations from home and community gardeners, farmers and UMaine Extension Master Gardener Volunteers, contributions come from field-gleaning teams statewide to aid hunger relief […]

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Jackson speaks with BDN about what qualifies as a farm

Tori Jackson, a professor of agriculture and natural resources with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about the specific criteria that determine what qualifies as a farm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Internal Revenue Service both have their own definitions of a farm and […]

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UMaine Extension cited in WGME report on pollinator plants

WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) cited the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in the report, “Forecasting growth: Pollinator plants help the bees.” Bees play a critical role in spreading pollen among crops, but experts say bee populations are declining. With fewer bees to pollinate, crops and flowers will be less productive, the report states. To […]

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UMaine Extension provides backyard poultry workshop

University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Oxford County will hold a workshop on raising backyard poultry 1–3 p.m. Aug. 7 at the UMaine Extension office in South Paris.   UMaine Extension livestock specialist Colt Knight will discuss poultry breeds, housing, health and nutrition. Prospective and beginning small-scale egg producers will gain a general understanding of what […]

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News Center Maine reports on tick testing offered by UMaine Extension

News Center Maine reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension is accepting tick submissions from people across the state to identify what type of tick they are and to see if they carry diseases. Since April 1, UMaine Extension has received about 1,500 ticks and tested around 900. They found about 45 percent of the […]

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Hello Homestead interviews Garland about planting fall vegetable gardens

Hello Homestead, an offshoot of the Bangor Daily News, interviewed Kate Garland, a horticultural professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for an article about how to plant a fall vegetable garden. Fall gardens can supply fresh produce late in the season, and cool temperatures in late summer and fall can add sweetness to some […]

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Hargest speaks about summer gardening on ‘Maine Calling’

Pamela Hargest, a horticultural professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was a recent guest on Maine Public‘s “Maine Calling” radio show. The show addressed listener questions about summer gardening, including tips on planting, weeding, pruning and picking. The program was posted online along with UMaine Extension resources — a plant identification submission form and […]

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Lincoln County News speaks with Handley about strawberry season

The Lincoln County News spoke with David Handley, a vegetable and small fruit specialist and cooperating professor of horticulture with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for a report on this year’s strawberry season. Strawberry farmers in Lincoln County are reporting a late and short season that is already coming to a close, the article states. […]

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Hello Homestead, WABI highlight GPS Cows program

Hello Homestead, whose parent company is the Bangor Daily News, and WABI (Channel 5) featured GPS Cows, a collaborative project involving the University of Maine, in which high school students build cow collars with built-in global positioning systems, then collect, analyze and present data about grazing ruminants. “Large-scale farming is increasingly digital,” said Colt Knight, […]

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WABI, B98.5 tout Cooperative Extension Tick Lab

WABI (Channel 5) interviewed Griffin Dill and Thomas Rounsville about testing done at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab, which is part of the Pest Management Unit within the Cooperative Extension Diagnostic and Research Laboratory. Maine residents can have ticks tested for pathogens for $15 per sample. “We can get a good idea […]

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