Cooperative Extension

Create a traditional Maine bean supper with UMaine Extension

University of Maine Cooperative Extension continues its workshop series using local foods in the home kitchen from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 16 at the UMaine Extension Cumberland County office, 75 Clearwater Drive, Falmouth. Participants will learn how to create the classic Maine baked bean supper, including coleslaw and brown bead, using local ingredients […]

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Morse quoted in Press Herald report on Maine oyster farms

Dana Morse, a scientist with Maine Sea Grant and University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for an article about how aquaculture is helping Maine’s oyster industry. According to the Maine Department of Marine Resources, Maine has 60 oyster farms, with another 13 permits pending, and the majority of oysters that […]

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Good To-Go: Gourmet meal business expanding with guidance from UMaine Cooperative Extension

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVO4oo1OvtU&feature=youtu.be Transcript When Jennifer Scism first started making dehydrated backpacking meals to satisfy her own tastes, she had no idea it would lead to the successful business she has today. Located in Kittery, Maine, Scism’s company Good To-Go makes a variety of lightweight gourmet meals sold in stores around the United States. Co-owner of a […]

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Kit Hamley

Kit Hamley: Engaging schoolchildren in Falkland Islands research expedition

This winter, University of Maine graduate student Kit Hamley will research an extinct species of fox called the warrah in the Falkland Islands. While on her expedition, the Bozeman, Montana native will connect with K–12 students in Maine and around the country through Twitter chats as part of UMaine’s Follow a Researcher program. From Jan. […]

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Falkland Islands

K–12 students welcome to ‘Follow a Researcher’ to Falkland Islands

For a second year, the University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H will connect K–12 students in Maine and around the country to UMaine researchers in the field as part of its Follow a Researcher program. The program aims to give students a glimpse into a scientist’s world by providing live expedition updates and facilitating communication […]

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Press Herald publishes feature on Springuel

Natalie Springuel, a marine extension associate with Maine Sea Grant, the coordinator of the Downeast Fisheries Trail and a founder of the National Working Waterfront Network, was the focus of a feature article in the Portland Press Herald. Springuel spoke about her latest project as a radio host for WERU 89.9 FM’s Coastal Conversations. The […]

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Dowse, McConnon mentioned in Morning Sentinel article on baking workshops

University of Maine professors Harold “Dusty” Dowse and Jim McConnon were mentioned in a Morning Sentinel article on baking workshops offered at Somerset Grist Mill in Skowhegan. The workshops, sponsored by the Maine Grain Alliance, focused on sourcing ingredients, finding out what customers want, marketing, promoting, location and sales. Dowse, a professor of biological sciences, […]

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Apply for UMaine Extension Master Gardener Volunteers training

Jan. 15 is the deadline to apply for University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers program training in Androscoggin, Sagadahoc and Oxford counties. The 14-week training will be held 1–4 p.m. Thursdays from Feb. 25 to May 26, at the UMaine Extension office, 24 Main St., Lisbon Falls. The program provides participants with at […]

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BDN interviews Armstrong about end of cranberry farming at Cherryfield Foods

Charles Armstrong, a cranberry specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News article about Cherryfield Foods announcing it will stop farming cranberries. The 2015 season was difficult, with prices dropping as low as 12 cents per pound for wet harvested cranberries, according to the article. Several of Maine’s […]

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