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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The tick identification program offered by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension was mentioned in a Portland Press Herald article about the effects this winter’s mild temperatures have had on Maine creatures. Typically, ticks are prevalent in Maine for just over half the year, from the middle of spring to the middle of the fall, […]
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John Jemison, a soil and water quality specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, provided advice for the Bangor Daily News article, “What you need to know to garden organic.” “There is so much information out there now,” said Jemison, who has been gardening for 40 years. In April, Jemison teaches Mainers how to […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension was mentioned in the Bangor Daily News article, “To build Maine grain economy, advocates focus on infrastructure.” Grains and oilseeds such as soybeans need to be harvested at specific moisture levels, sorted into different sizes, dried and stored until they can be turned into malted barley for beer, oats […]
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University of Maine 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Bryant Pond has been selected to host the 2016 National 4-H Shooting Sports instructor training this summer at 17 Conservation Lane, Bryant Pond. This is the first time Maine has been selected to host the event, which will be held Monday through Friday, June 6–10. The […]
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Jim Dill, a pest management specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Maine Public Broadcasting Network for the report, “How bad will mosquitoes and ticks be this year?” Dill said deer ticks, which escape harsh temperatures by finding warmer places to burrow, didn’t have much to cope with this winter. “I don’t […]
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Seacoast Online reported University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s statewide Maine Harvest for Hunger program in York County broke all previous records in 2015 with a harvest of 64,705 pounds. The fresh produce was distributed to 37 county donation sites, including food pantries, soup kitchens and low-income senior centers. Fosters.com also published the report.
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