Pamela Hargest, a horticulture professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was quoted in the Bangor Daily News article, “How to grow microgreens.” Microgreens take up little space, are often grown indoors, are ready to be harvested in a matter of days and can be cultivated year-round, according to the article. Grown from seed, microgreens […]
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Ryder Scott, statewide director of the University of Maine 4-H Camps and Learning Centers, was mentioned in The Hechinger Report’s story about Telstar Freshman Academy (TFA). The academy is for first-year students in MSAD 44 in western Maine, where half qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and many are in families experiencing unemployment, domestic violence […]
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David Handley, vegetable and small fruit specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, told Maine Public that this year’s rainy, cool weather has delayed the strawberry season in most of the state by 10 to 14 days. In the southern portion, Handley said the season was likely to begin last weekend. Moving north, “you’re going […]
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WABI (channel 5) covered the ribbon-cutting at the Lafayette and Rawcliffe 4-H Science and Engineering Learning Center, established by University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine 4-H Foundation. “We’re fully connected via technology… if we need the ability to bring youth here in this area and connect them with other folks around the state […]
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The Courier-Gazette advanced the free 4-H Summer of Science Program for youth in grades 3–7 from July 12 to Aug. 16 at the Rockland Public Library. Participants will learn about catapults and the science of ocean water and will confront real-world challenges to navigate their pirate ship. Sign up at the library or call 207.594.0310.
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The County, the hub for the Aroostook Republican, Houlton Pioneer Times and The Star-Herald, featured longtime potato expert Jim Dwyer, who is retiring this summer from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and becoming a professor — the Robert Vinton Akeley Chair of Agricultural Science and Agribusiness — at the University of Maine in Presque […]
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Kathleen McNerney and Griffin Dill talked with the Portland Press Herald about repercussions of Maine’s cool, wet spring. McNerney, home horticulture coordinator for University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Falmouth, said she doesn’t anticipate this will be a good season for tomatoes. Worried gardeners have been calling and emailing her and sending samples of fungi, […]
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WVII (Channel 7) spoke with Griffin Dill, integrated pest management professional for University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for a report on large numbers of mosquitoes in Maine as a result of recent rainy weather. “The mosquitoes tended to stay inactive in the early spring and then all emerged in early June. So for the month […]
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The County quoted Jim Dwyer, a crops specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in an article about this season’s potato planting and processing in Aroostook County. Planting potatoes was a challenge throughout May because the state saw a relatively cool, wet spring, but now pretty much every potato field has been planted, according to […]
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A University of Maine Cooperative extension bulletin was cited in a Portland Press Herald column titled “Pests in your garden? Encourage the good insects to get on the job.” “Over 97 percent of (insects, spiders and related species) usually seen in the home landscape are either beneficial or ‘innocent bystanders,” according to the bulletin, “Beneficial […]
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