Morning Ag Clips announced a University of Maine Cooperative Extension four-week course in adaptive gardening will begin April 3. The class meetings will be noon–2:30 p.m., with remaining sessions on April 10, 17 and 24, with a snow date May 1. All sessions will be held at the UMaine Extension Penobscot County office in Bangor. […]
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The Ellsworth American and Mount Desert Islander reported Healthy Acadia’s Downeast Gleaning Initiative, a food collection and distribution project that addresses food insecurity and prevents food waste, collected 26,100 pounds of food from farms, gardens and farmers markets in Hancock and Washington counties in 2018. University of Maine Cooperative Extension is a partner of the initiative, […]
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Morning Ag Clips previewed a University of Maine Cooperative Extension Farmer and Grower Winter Potluck Feb. 16 at United Farmers Market of Maine in Belfast. The Waldo County Extension Association invites all local farmers and growers to the third annual event, a chance to socialize and learn with fellow farmers. This year’s event will feature […]
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Morning Ag Clips advanced a University of Maine Cooperative Extension workshop, “Pork 101,” from 11 a.m.—2 p.m. March 22 at the UMaine Extension Piscataquis County office in Dover-Foxcroft. The workshop will be a beginner’s introduction to raising pigs, including when and where to buy pigs, and how to house, feed and keep them healthy. The […]
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Francine Sulinski, assistant director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, participated in a national Innovation Facilitator Training through the eXtension Impact Collaborative. This training, which was held in Atlanta, brought together Cooperative Extension professionals from 28 institutions around the country, and it was featured on the eXtension blog and in a bulletin of the National […]
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Morning Ag Clips advanced a University of Maine Cooperative Extension workshop on home and small-scale greenhouses 10 a.m.–noon March 21 at the UMaine Extension Piscataquis County office in Dover-Foxcroft. Matthew Wallhead, an ornamental horticulture specialist with UMaine Extension, will cover topics including technical greenhouse specifications and key control factors, such as temperature, levels of light […]
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The annual Maine Grain Conference will be held 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. March 1 at the University of Maine at Presque Isle. Topics for this year’s conference, sponsored by University of Maine Cooperative Extension, include best practices in growing and storing grains, growing and licensing industrial hemp, camera-guided precision cultivation, whole farm grain budgets, foliar and […]
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The Sun Journal reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension is accepting applications for its Master Gardener Volunteers Program in Androscoggin and Sagadahoc counties. Training sessions will be at the UMaine Extension office in Lisbon Falls 4:45–8 p.m. Tuesdays April 2–May 28, and will resume Aug. 24–Oct. 15. Program participants will receive at least 40 […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Mark Hutchinson, an extension educator with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for an article about compost. Anything that was once alive can be composted, and this includes some surprising items, the article states. However, some decompose much slower than others. These items can be sifted out from compost that has […]
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The Daily Bulldog reported Dave Fuller, an agriculture and nontimber forest products professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will speak at a meeting of the North Chesterville Extension Homemakers on Feb. 26. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Chesterville Town Office; Fuller’s talk will be from 7–7:30 p.m. and will focus […]
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