Cooperative Extension

Cooperative Extension part of Ellsworth American piece on ending homelessness

University of Maine Cooperative Extension was included in an Ellsworth American story about a group that provides shelter and teaches skills to combat homelessness. The Families First Community Center in Ellsworth is a transitional house for families to live in while they take life skills classes and job training courses. University of Maine Cooperative Extension […]

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VillageSoup advances UMaine Extension tractor safety course in Union

VillageSoup reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Knox-Lincoln Farm Bureau, Union Farm Equipment and Farm Family Insurance will offer a tractor safety course in Union April 5–26. The course will be held at Union Farm Equipment from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays, according to the article. A written exam and tractor-driving test will be […]

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Maine Grass Farmers Network conference March 18

The Maine Grass Farmers Network (MGFN) annual grazing conference is scheduled for 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. March 18 at the Kennebec Valley Community College Alfond Campus in Hinckley. The morning keynote address will be given by Utah State University faculty emeritus Fred Provenza, a wildlife biologist and grazing behavior specialist. Veterinarian and author Hue Karreman from […]

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Explore gems and minerals with UMaine 4-H Science Saturday

Learn about Maine’s geology at the next University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H Science Saturday, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. March 25 at the UMaine Bryand Global Sciences Center. Participants will explore and learn to identify rocks and minerals, discover the differences between gems and minerals, and go on a scavenger hunt. The event is open to […]

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UMaine Extension launches website to help speciality food producers, AP reports

The Associated Press reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension has launched a website that aims to help food manufacturers looking to work in specialty products. The Resources for Food Entrepreneurs website has information about Recipe to Market, a UMaine Extension educational program designed for people who want to start specialty food businesses, according to […]

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BDN interviews Hopkins about Maine’s maple season

Kathy Hopkins, a maple syrup expert with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about the start of Maine’s maple season. Fluctuating weather conditions in recent years have been keeping maple syrup producers around the state on their toes, according to Hopkins. “These days, with the weather […]

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Coffin speaks with WABI about buying local meat

Donna Coffin, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and professor, spoke with WABI (Channel 5) for a report about buying local meat in Maine. Coffin said the public wants to buy local, and cited the high number of farmers markets and CSAs in the state. “You’re making sure the money stays locally, and you’re […]

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Schmitt addresses what Arctic warming may mean for state in Maine Boats article

Catherine Schmitt, communications director for the Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine, writes in Maine Boats that the climate changes altering life above the Arctic Circle are also influencing conditions along the Maine coast. At last fall’s Arctic Council meeting in Portland, writes Schmitt, scientists gave examples of the connection between […]

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Times Record covers Bath talk on invasive moth

The Times Record reported on a public forum in Bath to discuss the browntail moth infestation. This was the second of several forums led by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, according to the article. The moth has the ability to defoliate trees, and has tiny […]

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Cooking for crowds safely with UMaine Extension

Volunteer cooks will have four opportunities in March and April to learn how to safely prepare food for large numbers of people. University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Cumberland County will present the Cooking for Crowds — Food Safety Training for Volunteer Cooks workshop from 9 a.m. to noon March 28, April 5 and April […]

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