The Bangor Daily News spoke with Anne Lichtenwalner, director of the University of Maine Animal Health Laboratory and associate professor of animal and veterinary sciences, for the article “If a chicken’s egg doesn’t look quite right, it could be a lash egg.” A lash egg is not an egg at all, but an egg-shaped expulsion […]
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Morning Ag Clips and the Biddeford Journal Tribune previewed University of Maine Cooperative Extension plant sales on May 18. The 25th annual Cumberland County Master Gardener’s Plant Sale will be held 8 a.m.–noon at the Barron Center in Portland, Morning Ag Clips reported. Master Gardener Volunteers will help attendees select plants to best meet their […]
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Morning Ag Clips and The Penobscot Times announced registration is open for the annual 4-H@UMaine weekend event for youth in grades 6–10, scheduled for 3 p.m. May 31 through 4:30 p.m. June 1. Registration is requested online by May 3. The event will feature interactive workshops with topics including marine biology, space exploration, the science of […]
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Outside magazine quoted David Yarborough, wild blueberry specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in the article “How Blueberries Became a Superfood.” Blueberry yield in Maine “has gone up astronomically as far as the production of fruit, both for wild and cultivated. We’re producing more blueberries than we’re eating, but we just have to get […]
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The Bangor Daily News included information from Jim Dill, pest management specialist at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in the article, “How you can protect your garden from slugs.” Slugs can do a lot of damage to a garden by chewing on leaves and stems, as well as leaving behind trails of slime, which […]
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Lancaster Farming published an article on Maine AgrAbility, a non-profit program that supports farmers, fishermen and forest workers with disabilities and helps them continue working. Funded by a USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant and run by University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the National AgrAbility Project, Maine AgrAbility provides services at no […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News article about a peach farm in Albion. When Gordon and Marilyn Kenyon moved from out west to Maine in the 1980s, they yearned for tree-ripened peaches, according to the article. So, in 1985 the Kenyons decided to plant their roots and a […]
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VillageSoup reported four members of the Aldermere Achievers 4-H Club in Rockport participated in the 4-H Public Speaking Tournament at the University of Maine in March. All four children received top scores and blue ribbons at the event, which is part of the youth development program of University of Maine Cooperative Extension, according to the […]
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Mount Desert Islander reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Coast Heritage Trust are offering the Kids Can Grow youth gardening program for children 7 to 12 years old who live on Mount Desert Island or in surrounding towns. Participants will attend a series of five hands-on gardening classes from May through September […]
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The Daily Bulldog previewed the eighth Maine Fiddlehead Festival, which will take place 10 a.m.–3 p.m. May 4 at the University of Maine at Farmington. In keeping with tradition, the article states, the University of Maine Cooperative Extension will give a talk about fiddlehead identification, safe handling and sustainable harvesting, followed by a walk to […]
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