Using local foods in international cuisine is the focus of a hands-on workshop from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 20, at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Cumberland County office, 75 Clearwater Drive, Falmouth. Participants can sample several recipes, including Maine lobster dumplings and crab wontons, and take home a selection of items. Extension […]
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WVII (Channel 7) spoke with John Rebar, executive director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, and Ann Acheson, a research associate at UMaine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, for a report about Maine’s annual grocery bills being high above the national average. A recently released report from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis found […]
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Kate Garland, a horticulturist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, visited WABI (Channel 5) to speak about the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteer program. “The mission of the program is to train the public in research-based horticulture information, and we ask them after the training to bring their education out to […]
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Frank Drummond, an entomology specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and a UMaine professor of insect ecology, and David Yarborough, a wild blueberry specialist with UMaine Extension and professor in the School of Food and Agriculture, were quoted in a Maine magazine article about the wild Maine blueberry industry. In the article, Drummond […]
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Fosters.com reported applications are now available for the 2016 University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteer training in York County. Classes will meet 6–9:30 p.m. Thursdays from Feb. 4 through early June at the Anderson Learning Center in Springvale. Participants will receive more than 60 hours of in-depth horticultural training from UMaine Extension specialists, […]
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The Associated Press reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension has distributed more food through its Maine Harvest for Hunger program in 2015 than in any year in the program’s 15-year history. The program, which organizes farmers, businesses, gardeners, schools and civic groups to donate food, gave more than 318,000 pounds of food to 188 […]
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A full-day seminar organized by Gary Anderson, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor and animal and bio-sciences specialist, was mentioned in the Portland Press Herald article, “Ceding the farm in Maine takes planning and sometimes creativity.” Anderson helps organize daylong seminars on land transfer planning in New England that cover many aspects of transitioning […]
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For 15 years, University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s statewide Maine Harvest for Hunger (MHH) program has organized gardeners, farmers, businesses, schools and civic groups to grow, glean, and donate high-quality produce to distribution sites (pantries, shelters, community meals) and directly to neighbors in need, all in an effort to mitigate hunger, improve nutrition and health, and help […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on a recent visit to Hudson Elementary School by Kit Hamley, a graduate student at the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute. Hamley spoke with the students about the Follow a Researcher program that is offered by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H to connect K–12 students in Maine and […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Hancock County is offering a six-week intermediate beekeeping course in Ellsworth. The course is intended for participants with at least one season of experience keeping bees. The program will cover fewer topics more deeply than the beginner’s class and will concentrate on keeping bees […]
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