UMaine News

The Portland Press Herald interviewed Frank Wertheim, an associate extension professor of agriculture/horticulture with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for an article about balancing the positives and negatives of using rock salt to melt ice. Rock salt can reduce the risk of slipping on icy roads and sidewalks, but also can corrode metal and damage […]

The Associated Press, Turner Publishing and Morning Ag Clips previewed a University of Maine Cooperative Extension workshop, “Native Bees: Habitats, Threats, and Citizen Science,” from 1–2 p.m. Feb. 13 at the UMaine Extension Oxford County Office in South Paris. Kalyn Bickerman-Martens, a Ph.D. candidate in ecology and environmental sciences at UMaine, will discuss Maine’s native […]

The Daily Bulldog reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Franklin County Homemakers donated 300 boxes of facial tissues to local school districts. The group’s campaign included a donation kiosk at the local Hannaford supermarket and direct donations from six Franklin County Extension Homemaker groups, the article states. UMaine Extension Homemakers volunteer to support worthy […]

The Bangor Daily News interviewed Kathryn Hopkins, an educator with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for an article about growing saffron, the most expensive spice in the world. Made from hand-picked and dried stigmas of fall crocuses, saffron sells for about $5,000 per pound, the BDN reported. It’s a fairly new crop for Maine, but […]

WABI (Channel 5) interviewed the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Erin Roche, a crop insurance education program manager, and David Handley, a vegetable and small fruit specialist, for a report on the 2019 Maine Agricultural Trades Show in Augusta. The report focused on a weather-based crop management tools event at the show. “What we’re really […]

Richard Brzozowski, a food system program administrator with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was a recent guest on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show. The show was broadcast from the annual State of Maine Agricultural Trades Show at the Augusta Civic Center, and focused on the important role agriculture plays in Maine’s economy and the […]

Turner Publishing and Morning Ag Clips advanced a University of Maine Cooperative Extension workshop on native bees from 1–2 p.m. Feb. 13 at the UMaine Extension Oxford County Office in South Paris. Kalyn Bickerman-Martens, a Ph.D. candidate in ecology and environmental sciences at UMaine, will discuss Maine’s native bees; bumblebee species and threats; and the Maine […]

Morning Ag Clips previewed a University of Maine Extension course on pruning woody landscape plants. The four-part course will be held 10:30 a.m.–2 p.m. March 21 and 28, and April 4 and 11 at the Penobscot County Extension Office in Bangor. Each session will include classroom instruction and hands-on practice. Participants will gain experience pruning […]

The Portland Press Herald quoted David Fuller, an agriculture and nontimber forest products professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in an article about local garlic. Fuller said local garlic production is on the rise, even if evidence so far is only anecdotal. He led The Maine Garlic Project from 2010 to 2013 to encourage […]

The Biddeford Journal Tribune, Turner Publishing and Morning Ag Clips advanced a five-week beginner bee school offered by University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine State Beekeepers Association (MSBA). Sessions will be held 6–8:30 p.m. Thursdays from Feb. 7 through March 7 at the Springvale Public Library. Larry Peiffer, master beekeeper and former vice president of […]