The University of Maine Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (formerly the Animal Health Lab) was mentioned in a Penobscot Bay Pilot story about the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife plan to collar 130 moose this month for its moose survival study. IF&W, in cooperation and collaboration with the University of Maine Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, the […]
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SFGate, a site affiliated with the San Francisco Chronicle, cited Clay Kirby in an article about centipedes being an all-natural form of pest control as they eat termites, bedbugs and cockroaches. Kirby, an entomologist and insect diagnostician with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, said instances of people being bitten by house centipedes are rare […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer Produce Safety Alliance Grower Training to Maine residents from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 16, at the Maine Agricultural Trades Show at the Augusta Civic Center. The course provides a foundation for produce safety, best practices, co-management of natural resources and food safety, Food Safety Modernization Act […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension has been awarded $38,764 by a one-year State of Maine Department of Environmental Protection Waste Diversion Grant to develop a statewide pilot program to recycle agricultural greenhouse plastic. The grant proposes that a voluntary recycling program can achieve a high percentage of grower participation, and affordably divert and recycle a […]
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Maine Public, WABI (Channel 5), WVII (Channel 7), Portland Press Herald, Bangor Daily News and the Raleigh News & Observer ran an Associated Press story about a University of Maine Cooperative Extension program that has donated 3 million pounds of fresh produce to Maine people since 2000. In 2019, Maine Harvest for Hunger donated more […]
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Griffin Dill and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Identification Lab were included in a Bangor Daily News article about ticks. The lab has tested around 2,000 ticks for Lyme, anaplasmosis and babesiosis since April 1. “Of the 2,000 ticks, we found that roughly 45 percent tested positive for one of the three pathogens,” […]
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The Republican Journal, Penobscot Bay Pilot, The Penobscot Times, Morning Ag Clips, The County and Fiddlehead Focus ran a media release that announced University of Maine Cooperative Extension was awarded $38,764 as a one-year Maine Department of Environmental Protection Waste Diversion Grant to develop a statewide pilot program to recycle agricultural greenhouse plastic. The goal is to […]
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The Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal posted the University of Maine Cooperative Extension release about the Beginning Farmer Resource Network’s free workshops and consultation services for new farmers Jan. 14–16 during the Maine Agricultural Trades Show. The Courier of Montgomery County and Houston Chronicle posted the AP article, and Mainebiz also reported on the workshops. […]
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Since 2000, Maine Harvest for Hunger, a program coordinated by University of Maine Cooperative Extension, has distributed more than 3 million pounds of food to citizens grappling with hunger. This year, the program donated more than 193,000 pounds of fresh produce from over 120 farms in the state. The donations went to 207 hunger-alleviation distribution […]
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Turner Publishing and Morning Ag Clips published a University of Maine Cooperative Extension news release advancing a workshop on growing microgreens from 10–11:30 a.m. Jan. 18 at the UMaine Regional Learning Center in Falmouth. UMaine Extension horticultural professional Pamela Hargest will lead the workshop, which will include optimal indoor growing conditions, and the variety of […]
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