Cooperative Extension

Stancioff to speak at garden tour advanced by VillageSoup, Pen Bay Pilot

VillageSoup and the Pen Bay Pilot previewed the 27th Annual Georges River Land Trust Gardens in the Watershed tour, where one of the speakers will be Esperanza Stancioff, an extension professor and climate change educator with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Stancioff will give a talk titled “Climate Change Effects on Zones and Planting in […]

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Preserve beans, strawberry jam, tomatoes with UMaine Extension

Preserving the garden’s harvest is the focus of three hands-on workshops this summer with University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Somerset County. All workshops will be held 5:30-8:30 p.m. at the UMaine Extension office, 7 County Drive, Skowhegan. Workshop dates and items to be preserved are: June 27 — Strawberry jam; register online   July […]

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Open house for the new UMaine Extension Diagnostic and Research Lab June 22

An open house for the new University of Maine Cooperative Extension Diagnostic and Research Laboratory will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 22. The facility at 17 Godfrey Drive in Orono is the new home of UMaine Extension’s Veterinary Diagnostics Lab, including the Aquatic Animal Health Lab, and the Pest Management Unit […]

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Morning Ag Clips previews Extension food preservation workshops

Morning Ag Clips previewed a series of hands-on food preservation workshops offered by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Aroostook County in July. The workshops will involve basic techniques for canning, freezing and drying produce. Fresh produce and jars will be provided, and are covered by the $25 registration fee. The workshop dates and […]

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Youth invited to sign up for Piscataquis 4-H Passport Project for food, fun

Youth ages 5–18 are invited to enroll by July 2 in the Piscataquis Passport Project, intended to help them and their families access healthy food and fun activities this summer in the Dover-Foxcroft area. The project is a collaboration between University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H and community partners in Piscataquis County. Enrollment forms are […]

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Kirby interviewed by BDN for article on June bugs

The Bangor Daily News interviewed Clay Kirby, an associate scientist and insect diagnostician with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for an article on June bugs. The insects are common in the summer, to the dismay of many, but Kirby explained that they are really nothing to worry about. Since there are several species in […]

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UMaine 4-H Camp educator quoted in Sun Journal article on watershed study

An article in the Sun Journal about a watershed study through the Androscoggin Watershed Council quoted Norman Greenberg, a professional educator at the University of Maine 4-H Camp & Learning Center at Bryant Pond and an instructor at Telstar Freshman Academy at Telstar High School. The study is a collaboration between Jeff Stern, a fisheries […]

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Central Maine advances sustainable agriculture field day

Central Maine advanced the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s annual sustainable agriculture field day tour. The free event is aimed at farmers, crop advisers and others interested in agricultural production, with a focus on small grains, potatoes, soybeans and crop modeling, and will take place from 4:30–7:30 p.m. June 27 at UMaine’s Rogers Farm at […]

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BDN previews ‘Cooking for Crowds’ workshop

The Bangor Daily News previewed the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s “Cooking for Crowds–Food Safety Training for Volunteer Cooks” workshop. The workshop will focus on up-to-date information on how to handle, transport, store and prepare foods safely for large group functions, and is $15 per person. It will be held at the UMaine Extension office […]

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