The County reported on the winners of the inaugural whoopie pie contest hosted by the Aroostook County Extension Homemakers at the Northern Maine Fair. Judges for the whoopie pie competition were Ibrahim Kutay Ozturk, professor of potato pathology for University of Maine Cooperative Extension, and David Lowe, sustainable agriculture and horticulture professor at Extension.
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The Bangor Daily News spoke to Kathy Savoie, professor at University of Maine Cooperative Extension, about foaming watermelons purchased by consumers in Maine. “There have been increases in hot weather in those parts of the country. Fruits have a natural sugar called fructose and under extended and undesirable storage conditions, it will ferment. … The […]
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The Portland Press Herald interviewed Lily Calderwood, wild blueberry specialist for University of Maine Cooperative Extension, about the impact of June and July rain on this year’s wild blueberry crop. “This was perfect timing for the blueberries, they love rain,” Calderwood said. Yahoo! News shared the PPH report.
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The Bangor Daily News, Sun Journal and CentralMaine.com shared that the University of Maine Center on Aging has launched the Age-Friendly University Resources (AFU Resources) hub, a centralized repository for educational materials, services, events, volunteer opportunities and other activities for older people offered by UMaine, the University of Maine at Machias and University of Maine Cooperative […]
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A Portland Press Herald column about saving Maine’s native bees cited information from University of Maine Cooperative Extension showing that 500 colonies of honeybees were brought into the state in 1965 to supplement native pollinators ahead of the blueberry harvest. By 2016, that number had skyrocketed to 80,000 colonies.
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With new developments in so-called “precision technology,” farmers can use high-tech tools to learn more about their land and animals — and improve their practices. Glenda Pereira, assistant extension professor and dairy specialist at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and assistant professor of animal science at the School of Food and Agriculture, is leading […]
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University of Maine President and University of Maine System Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation Joan Ferrini-Mundy made remarks at a listening session of the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture in Freeport hosted by committee chairman Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-Pa.) and Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) on July 31. The listening session was held to […]
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David Handley, vegetable and small fruit specialist at University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was featured on News Center Maine’s show Gardening with Gutner discussing how to grow wild blueberries in backyard gardens. “The lowbush blueberry is what we consider the wild blueberry of Maine. So when we’re talking about those classic cans of Maine wild […]
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Lily Calderwood, Extension wild blueberry specialist and assistant professor of horticulture, was a panelist on Maine Public’s show Maine Calling for a segment about wild blueberries in Maine.
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The Portland Press Herald interviewed Griffin Dill, integrated pest management specialist and director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Tick Lab, about the rise in Lyme disease in Maine. “Conditions were good for deer tick activity, but people were not outdoors as much during June, so there was not as many chances for ticks […]
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