University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering a new online training program to help combat the opioid overdose crisis in collaboration with the University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension. The Community First Responder Program aims to provide education and resources to rural Mainers to help recognize and respond to an opioid overdose. “Drug overdose is […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Gregory Porter, professor of crop ecology and management at the University of Maine, and Kutay Ozturk, potato pathologist at University of Maine Cooperative Extension, about lenticels on potatoes. “The tubers have adapted to grow below the ground where there is less air available. When the soil gets saturated there is […]
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In a roundup of events at the Guilford Memorial Library, The Piscataquis Observer noted that the library is partnering with University of Maine Cooperative Extension for the One Tomato Project and will host an event for the program on at 11 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 25.
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The Bangor Daily News spoke to Sean Birkel, Maine state climatologist and assistant professor with a joint appointment in University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the UMaine Climate Change Institute, and David Handley, vegetable and small fruit specialist at Extension, about how a volcanic eruption in Tonga 18 months ago is impacting Maine growing seasons. […]
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News Center Maine spoke to Lily Calderwood, University of Maine Cooperative Extension wild blueberry specialist and assistant professor of horticulture, about the impact of late May frost on wild blueberry crops. Calderwood said the low temperatures hurt harvests in southern Maine more than farms located in central or northern Maine. She said some wild blueberry […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host an open house from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 26 at the Aroostook County Extension Office, 57 Houlton Road, Presque Isle, rain or shine. The event is free to the public and will showcase some of the many programs and services UMaine Extension offers. Extension staff will […]
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The Bangor Daily News, The Piscataquis Observer, The Rangeley Highlander and WFVX-TV (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) shared that University of Maine Cooperative Extension is now accepting applications for the Master Gardener Volunteers training program that begins in October. Course fees, a schedule and more information is available online.
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Kutay Ozturk, potato pathologist at University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke to WAGM-TV (Channel 8 in Presque Isle) about the dangers of late blight in the garden. Ozturk said late blight “starts in home gardens and jumps from there to the commercial growers. Late blight can be a pretty devastating disease.”
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Jim Dill, pest management specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, discussed Japanese beets with Fox 13 for its program “Good Day Seattle.” “They do have a voracious appetite and can do a major amount of damage,” he said. Big Country News shared the Fox 13 report.
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The Sun Journal noted that University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Franklin County, along with the Greater Franklin Food Council, will host the final session of the Twilight Meeting series at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 15 at Martin Woods Farm in Starks. The series began June 20 for people to learn from and connect […]
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