David Yarborough, a blueberry specialist with the University of Maine’s Cooperative Extension, was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News article about the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s approval to spend $13 million to buy 30 million pounds of surplus wild blueberries in Maine. In a joint statement, Maine’s congressional delegation said growers faced declining prices and […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension was mentioned in a Portland Press Herald article on Central Maine Meats, the first new USDA-inspected meat processing and packing facility to open in Maine in years. The owner of the Gardiner business said he knew enough about the local food movement to know that there was a need […]
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Lani Carlson, Maine AgrAbility Project coordinator with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about how the program helped the owner of Gentle Meadow Goat Farm in Winterport. The Maine AgrAbility program is a nonprofit partnership among UMaine Extension, Goodwill and Alpha One that assists farmers, loggers […]
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A University of Maine Cooperative Extension bulletin was cited by the Coshocton Tribune in a column written by an Ohio State University Extension educator. The article, “Words of appreciation can help farm family relationships,” cited a bulletin written by UMaine Extension professors Leslie Forstadt and Tori Jackson, titled “Why ‘Thank You’ Matters: Expressing Appreciation Toward […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an article on Maine Harvest for Hunger, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension program that for the last 15 years has organized gardeners, farmers, businesses, schools and civic groups to grow and donate produce to food pantries, shelters and other food distribution points in the state. Last year the effort […]
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The Sun Journal quoted research and personnel from the University of Maine in an article on Maine’s warming weather and its effect on insects and the diseases they carry. Between 1895 and 2014, Maine warmed 3 degrees, according to “Maine’s Climate Future: 2015 Update,” a report produced by UMaine’s Climate Change Institute (CCI) and Maine […]
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Kathy Hopkins, a maple syrup expert with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News article about Frontier Sugarworks, a maple syrup business owned by VJ Guarino and Carrie Braman. The couple is leasing a 200-acre sugarbush in Sandy Bay Township from the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands, according […]
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The Sun Journal reported fifth-graders at Cascade Brook School in Farmington have been learning about chemistry from University of Maine at Farmington students who are majoring in secondary science education. The lessons are possible through a partnership between UMF, local educators and schools, and the 4-H STEM Ambassadors Program, according to Dave Allen, a 4-H […]
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The Times Record reported the Midcoast Conservancy will host a wild apple pruning workshop from 2–4 p.m. April 11 at Trout Brook Preserve in Alna. Liz Stanley, of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Knox, Lincoln and Waldo counties who coordinates home and school horticulture programs, will lead the workshop, according to the article. […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the 22nd annual Rural Living Day held in Thorndike. The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Waldo County Extension Association hosted the event that included workshops on topics such as building small homes, baking bread, birding, pasturing chickens, plant propagation, making maple sugar and candy, and growing berries in […]
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