Morning Ag Clips reported University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in partnership with University of Massachusetts Cooperative Extension, will offer a free webinar about Dairy Revenue Protection, a new program of the USDA Risk Management Agency (RMA). The webinar, which will be held noon to 1 p.m. Oct. 30, will provide a program overview and a […]
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The Sun Journal reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer the Produce Safety Alliance (PSA) grower training in three counties beginning Nov. 30. The training includes seven hours of instruction time in seven modules, and provides a foundation for farm food safety best practices and coordinated management information, Food Safety Modernization Act requirements, […]
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Teachers, students and the public are invited to follow two graduate students from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute on their expedition to Katowice, Poland in the fifth Follow a Researcher® expedition, “From UMaine to the UN: Climate Science and Policy,” Nov. 5–Dec. 21. Anna McGinn and Will Kochtitzky are traveling to COP24, the […]
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Morning Ag Clips, Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel published a University of Maine Cooperative Extension news release announcing educator Kathy Savoie was honored at the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences’ 2018 annual session. Savoie received the Distinguished Service Award, the highest award presented by the group, for making a significant impact on […]
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Jim McConnon, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension specialist and professor of economics at UMaine, spoke with the Kennebec Journal for an article about the 38th annual Fall Holiday Arts and Craft Fair that was held in Augusta. McConnon, who studies small businesses with 1–5 employees, said these businesses make up more than a fifth […]
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Maine Public aired the 2018 Senator George J. Mitchell Lecture on Sustainability as part of its “Speaking in Maine” program. For the first time, Sen. George J. Mitchell delivered the lecture at the University of Maine on Oct. 4. Drawing on his decades of work in public service and as a skilled negotiator, Mitchell’s talk, […]
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Mainebiz cited the 2017 Maine Aquaculture Economic Impact Report published by the University of Maine Aquaculture Research Institute in an article about the Maine Department of Marine Resources denying a request by the town of Kittery to delay its decision on a proposed expansion of an oyster farm. In September, an application in Brunswick for […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension Oxford County office will host its annual open house 2–6 p.m. Oct. 26 in South Paris. The free, public event is a chance for the community to meet staff, including Rebecca Long, a UMaine Extension agriculture and food systems professional, and Tayla Mann, an administrative specialist. Both joined […]
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The Kennebec Journal reported a $17,750 grant from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and a partnership between Midcoast businesses is bringing residential and commercial compost infrastructure to Knox County. Work is underway to construct a compost facility on Bo Lait Farm in Washington where the farmers and Camden-based Scrapdogs Community Compost will pick up […]
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Foster’s Daily Democrat reported on the results of a new study on moose and winter ticks. The research team, led by scientists at the University of New Hampshire, included Anne Lichtenwalner, an associate professor of animal and veterinary sciences, Extension veterinarian and director of the Animal Health Laboratory at the University of Maine. Winter ticks […]
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