UMaine News

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 […]

The Penobscot Times published a University of Maine news release about UMaine Cooperative Extension’s 2018 Harvest for Hunger accomplishments. In 2018, volunteers in the program donated 231,752 pounds of produce directly to neighbors in need and to 187 sites including food pantries, soup kitchens and low-income senior centers, the article states. More than 500 people […]

Turner Publishing announced University of Maine Cooperative Extension is accepting applications for its Master Gardener Volunteers program in Androscoggin and Sagadahoc counties. The program will be held 4:45–8 p.m. Tuesdays April 2 through May 28, and will resume Aug. 24 to Oct. 15. Sessions will be held at the UMaine Extension office in Lisbon Falls. […]

Renae Moran, an associate professor of pomology and tree fruit specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Associated Press for an article about espalier pruning. Espalier pruning is the practice of training and trimming fruit trees, vines or flowering shrubs to grow into artistic, two-dimensional forms, the article states. It can make […]