The Associated Press reported Lisa Phelps, the former Maine 4-H Program leader, has been named interim director of University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Phelps took over Aug. 31, after the retirement of longtime director John Rebar, who had held the position since 2007. Phelps joined the UMaine Extension staff in 2001. A search for […]
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Jason Lilley, a sustainable agriculture professional with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for the article, “Maine’s small, midsized farms suffering from labor shortage.” The labor shortage that has been plaguing Maine’s hospitality industry also is harming the state’s agriculture industry, according to the article. After the 2008 recession, […]
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Morning Ag Clips reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association will partner with the Maine Grass Farmers Network to offer a pasture walk at the David Greeley farm in Jackson. The walk will be held 4–6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9. Pasture walks are designed to be a […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers will celebrate the growing season with a Field Day from 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8 at the Rogers Farm Demonstration Garden, 914 Bennoch Rd., Old Town. Field Day participants will enjoy workshops, demonstrations, children’s activities and homemade food. Featured speaker Matt Dunlap plans to share cooking […]
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Lisa Phelps, Maine’s statewide 4-H Program leader, will serve as interim director of University of Maine Cooperative Extension, effective Sept. 1. She succeeds longtime Extension director John Rebar, who is retiring Aug. 31. Phelps will serve as interim director until the conclusion of UMaine’s national search for a new dean of UMaine Extension, which has […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot and VillageSoup previewed the annual meeting of the Knox-Lincoln Counties Extension Association (KLCEA). The meeting will take place at the Erickson Fields Preserve, 164 West St. in Rockport, from 5–7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12. The focus of the meeting will be the intersection of land conservation, sustainable agriculture and community education, […]
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The Bangor Daily News and Associated Press mentioned a University of Maine Cooperative Extension outreach effort in an article on a farm labor shortage causing some farmers to lose crops. Extension will partner with the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association to hold an emergency listening session Wednesday, Aug. 30 to hear from farmers about the […]
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An updated and expanded recipes page is part of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Food & Health website. The page includes more than 100 new recipes sorted into easily searchable categories and available to the public. Each recipe has an updated format and a new FDA nutrition facts label. More information about the new […]
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The fourth annual Northern Maine Rural Living Day is Sept. 8, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Houlton Civic Center and Fairgrounds, 94 Randall Ave., Houlton. University of Maine Cooperative Extension, with support from Farm Credit East, sponsors the event. Workshop topics include managing organic and conventional apple trees, growing cranberries, home brewing, plantings […]
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Morning Ag Clips previewed the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Field Day from 10 a.m.—1 p.m. Sept. 8 at Rogers Farm Demonstration Garden, 914 Bennoch Road in Old Town. The Field Day will include workshops, demonstrations, homemade food and children’s activities. “We’d like to extend a special invitation to all past and current Master Gardeners […]
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