Cooperative Extension

Media report on Maine 4-H youth placing at regional dairy competition

The Daily Bulldog and Sun Journal carried a University of Maine news release about participants of Maine 4-H, an educational youth program of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, competing at the Eastern States Exposition in Springfield, Massachusetts. Nineteen students and their project animals competed — and placed — against more than 150 youth from […]

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Rebar quoted in BDN article on E. coli related to agritourism

John Rebar, executive director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for the article, “E. coli infections highlight concerns for Maine farmers in agritourism.” State officials  are trying to trace the source of two E. coli infections, one of them fatal, in young children who visited a petting zoo […]

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Great Maine Apple Day previewed in Free Press

The Free Press reported Great Maine Apple Day will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18 at the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) Common Ground Education Center in Unity. The day is sponsored by MOFGA, Fedco and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, and will feature apple sampling, talks, workshops, […]

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Hancock County 4-H Awareness Day Oct. 17

University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H in Hancock County is holding a 4-H Awareness Day 10 a.m.– 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17 at Tractor Supply Co., 461 High St., Ellsworth. The day will include science activities, horse and pony rides, and displays with food for sale from area 4-H clubs and groups. For more information […]

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Coffin speaks about raising backyard poultry on WABI

Donna Coffin, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator, was a recent guest on WABI (Channel 5). Coffin spoke about what it takes to raise backyard poultry, as well as the related courses offered by UMaine Extension and the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. The three fall workshops for new and future small-scale […]

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Lichtenwalner quoted in Press Herald article on E. coli contracted at fair

Anne Lichtenwalner, a University of Maine professor, veterinarian and director of UMaine’s Animal Health Laboratory, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for an article about state health officials trying to determine the strain of E. coli that sickened two toddlers who visited the Oxford County Fair. Lichtenwalner said officials need to know what is causing […]

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Study on buying locally grown food cited in Greenhouse Management article

A three-state study that includes researchers from the University of Maine was mentioned in the Greenhouse Management article, “New Hampshire consumers will pay more for locally grown produce.” The project, “Sustaining and Enhancing Local Agriculture in Rural Areas: Assessing Key Producer and Consumer Issues in Northern New England,” is funded by USDA/AFRI and includes UMaine […]

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Explore soil, extinctions at UMaine 4-H Science Saturday

The connection between fire, people, soil and extinct foxes is part of a University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H Science Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 24 at Sawyer Environmental Research Center on the UMaine campus in Orono. Youth in grades six through eight will learn to use a coring device to collect […]

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Maine 4-H youth place at regional dairy competition

Nineteen participants of 4-H, an educational youth program of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, and their project animals traveled to Springfield, Massachusetts in September to represent Maine at the Eastern States Exposition. They competed against more than 150 youth from around New England in a variety of dairy competitions. In the first contest, the […]

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Backyard poultry workshops offered this fall

University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry are co-sponsoring three fall workshops for new and future small-scale meat and egg producers. UMaine Extension educator Donna Coffin and assistant state veterinarian Beth McEvoy will cover poultry breeds, housing, health and nutrition for backyard meat and egg producers. Workshops are […]

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