Farming Magazine reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension has hired Colt Knight as the new Extension livestock educator. Knight grew up in West Virginia and has a background in livestock production and management. He received his doctorate from the University of Arizona where he researched grazing patterns of cattle using precision agriculture technologies, according […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension is celebrating the 952 Master Gardener Volunteers who, combined, gave more than 35,000 hours of their time to a variety of educational and food security projects in 2016. The team supported 80 community gardens, 86 school gardens, 103 demonstration gardens and 56 programs involving 1,579 youth in horticulture activities this […]
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Sukhwinder Bali has been appointed University of Maine Cooperative Extension assistant professor and University of Maine at Presque Isle (UMPI) assistant professor of sustainable agriculture. Bali earned a master’s degree in soil science with a minor in botany from Punjab Agricultural University. She recently completed a second master’s degree in natural resource management from North […]
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Boothbay Register reported Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts in Newcastle has been awarded a $35,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The Art Works: Creativity Connects grant was awarded to support a series of public programs in collaboration with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, according to the article. The programs will […]
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A five-session workshop centered on strengthening facilitation skills and running dynamic, effective meetings begins Feb. 1 at University of Maine Cooperative Extension, 75 Clearwater Drive, Suite 104, Falmouth. The 1–5 p.m. workshop sponsored by UMaine Extension and Maine Sea Grant features experiential learning, including practicing facilitation skills and receiving feedback in a safe environment. Instructor […]
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Dana Morse, an aquaculture specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for a story on menu possibilities for Christmas Eve’s Feast of the Fishes. A Catholic tradition, the meal takes place after sundown, but before midnight, and features seafood, not meat. In the story, […]
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The Ellsworth American used crop data compiled by David Yarborough, a blueberry specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, to highlight recent revenue declines facing wild blueberry growers in Maine. According to Yarborough’s numbers, Maine’s glacial barrens and fields have yielded 100 million pounds of blueberries, on average, for the past three years. At […]
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The Portland Press Herald interviewed Gary Anderson, animal and bioscience specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for a story on Hall Farms in East Dixfield. The 200-year-old farm was named 2016 Maine Dairy Farm of the Year by the New England Green Pastures Program. Anderson told the Press Herald the Hall family has […]
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Lani Carlson, Maine AgrAbility coordinator with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was a recent guest on The Derek Volk Show. The radio show focused on what functional limitation means, particularly in context of farming, and how the state is working with the agriculture community to better employ people with disabilities. Carlson spoke about the […]
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John Jemison, a soil and water quality specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with Richmond Confidential for the article, “Developing Richmond’s Zeneca Site means confronting a legacy of contamination.” According to the article, the city of Richmond, California is considering a redevelopment plan for a brownfield known as the Zeneca site. Once […]
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