University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers will celebrate the growing season with a field day from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10 at Rogers Farm Demonstration Garden, 914 Bennoch Road, Old Town. The field day will feature workshops, activities, live bluegrass music and homemade food. Workshop topics include growing garlic, dividing peonies and […]
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Kathy Savoie, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and home food preservation expert, was featured in the National Public Radio (NPR) report, “What makes a jam a jam? Surge in savory spreads presents riddles for purists.” According to Datassential, a market research company that studies menu trends, savory jams are experiencing a surge in […]
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David Yarborough, a blueberry specialist with the University of Maine’s Cooperative Extension and a professor of horticulture in the School of Food and Agriculture, spoke with the Kennebec Journal for an article about wild blueberries on Mount Pisgah in Winthrop. Conservationists with the Kennebec Land Trust, an organization that manages Mount Pisgah, said highbush blueberries […]
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John Rebar, executive director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was quoted in the Bangor Daily News article, “Thinking like a desert farmer helps Maine grower cope with drought.” Since May, a succession of hot, dry, rainless days have dominated around the state, according to the article. For many farmers in Sagadahoc, Androscoggin, Cumberland […]
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Jim Dill, a pest management specialist at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for the article, “Upside to drought: Fewer deer ticks and fewer cases of Lyme disease.” Maine had reported 232 Lyme cases through June 30 this year, compared to the five-year average of 267 through the same […]
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Morning Ag Clips published a University of Maine Cooperative Extension news release about new assistant Extension professor and food scientist, Robson Machado. Machado specializes in food safety that involves local meats, poultry, dairy, fruits and vegetables. His specialty is microbiology with an emphasis in food safety and sanitation, in addition to development and delivery of […]
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The Morning Sentinel published an article on Kristin Davis, a longtime 4-H member from New Sharon who hopes to become an advocate for farming in college and beyond. Davis has been enrolled in Franklin County 4-H since she was 9 years old, according to the article. She worked her way up over the last nine […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Caragh Fitzgerald, an agriculture professor with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for the report, “How Maine’s home gardeners can contend with abnormally dry conditions.” According to the article, dry conditions are affecting more than half the state. “We’ve had really dry and hot weather,” said Fitzgerald, who works […]
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Morning Ag Clips published a University of Maine Cooperative Extension news release announcing educator Caragh Fitzgerald recently received the 2016 Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of County Agricultural Agents. The award is given to Cooperative Extension educators with more than 10 years of service and who have exhibited excellence in the field of […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host a farm field day 3 p.m. Monday, Aug. 22, at UMaine’s Aroostook Research Farm in Presque Isle. Participants will meet at U.S. Agricultural Research Service, 59 Houlton Road, Presque Isle. Field day topics will include grain trials, potato breeding and the variety trial program, and crop rotation for […]
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