UMaine Cooperative Extension nutrition specialist Brenda Bracy are included in a Portland Press Herald story about Cooking Matters for Maine. That initiative provides low-income families with access to expertise about how to prepare healthy, affordable and tasty meals.
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Comments from UMaine small business expert Jim McConnon, a Cooperative Extension specialist and professor of economics, were included in a Bangor Daily News article Oct. 29 about the rise in entrepreneurial business ventures in recessionary times. Often, he says, individuals start their own businesses out of necessity. Micro-businesses and sole proprietorships are the backbone of […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and crops specialist Steven Johnson was interviewed for an article in the fall issue of Wisconsin-based Rural Lifestyle Dealer magazine about the importance of tractor loader dealers properly informing customers of safety precautions and proper maintenance for equipment they are buying. The magazine is both online and mailed to […]
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Members of the UMaine community are invited to attend a webinar Thursday, Oct. 28 with Fran Sulinski, assistant director of UMaine Cooperative Extension. Sulinski will speak from 12-1 p.m. from Room 122 in Libby Hall on “Handling Difficult and Irate Customers.” Participation in the webinar is possible by logging on here. Part of the EAP […]
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Kate Yerxa of UMaine’s Cooperative Extension gave some tricks and hints for cutting down on sugar while enjoying Halloween in a Bangor Daily News story. Yerxa’s suggestions included keeping candy out of sight in the days after the holiday, trading toys for treats, and reminding children to stop eating candy before they feel full or […]
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A Lewiston Sun Journal story describes Saturday’s Farmington meeting of the Extension Maine Homemakers, a UMaine Cooperative Extension program of 100 members that celebrated the organization’s 60th anniversary at its annual convention. Cooperative Extension executive director John Rebar addressed the group on Saturday, and his remarks about Extension and the homemakers group are featured in […]
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Fran Sulinski, assistant director of UMaine’s Cooperative Extension, will discuss “Handling Difficult and Irate Customers” on Thursday, Oct. 28 from 12-1 p.m. in Room 122 in Libby Hall, a free talk presented as part of the UMaine Employee Assistance Program’s Lunch and Learn Series. Seating is limited to 10 people, but others can watch the […]
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The website masshightech.com had a story about R&D programs that recently received funding from the Maine Technology Institute’s Maine Technology Asset Fund, including five UMaine projects that were allotted a combined $3.5 million in awards.
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Contact: Michael Bilodeau, 949-4177; Andrew Plant, 764-3361 A $1.65 million award from the Maine Technology Asset Fund will enable the University of Maine Biomass Engineered Fuel Project to prototype the Northeast’s first grass pellet production facility in Aroostook County. “The grant will allow the University of Maine to better support the emerging solid biofuels industry […]
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UMaine Cooperative Extension is set to begin a four-session workshop “From Recipe to Market: Cashing in on Value-Added Opportunities,” on Thursday in Farmington. A Lewiston Sun Journal story previews the sessions and includes comments from Extension faculty member Beth Calder. Her Extension colleagues Jim McConnon and Marc Edwards will also teach parts of the workshop.
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