Registration is open for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s annual Maine Grain Conference, to be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, at Northern Maine Community College, 33 Edgemont Drive, Presque Isle. Post-harvest handling is the theme of the conference designed for farmers, crop advisers and others involved in the agricultural […]
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Over the past couple of weeks, several University of Maine centers and programs have upgraded to the university’s new website template. Newly launched websites include: Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies Levesque Lab Howell Biointerface and Biomimetics Lab Aroostook Farm Blueberry Hill Farm Roger Clapp Greenhouses & Littlefield Garden Highmoor Farm Rogers Farm J. […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported a little-understood bacteria is bringing back Blackleg, an older potato disease, and threatening the reputation of Maine seed potatoes. Blackleg is caused by a number of bacteria, but the disease has been kept under control in Maine seed farms for more than a decade, making its emergence in the mid-Atlantic […]
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Lois Berg Stack, an ornamental horticulture specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was mentioned in the latest column in the Portland Press Herald “Maine Gardener” series. In the article, “Landscape your garden as though it’s a native landscape,” the author recalls a landscape design class he took that was taught by Stack. She […]
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The Sun Journal reported airboat rides with the Maine Warden Service will not be part of this year’s Camp North Woods at the University of Maine 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Bryant Pond. The boat rides were cut from the program due to noise complaints from the Community Lakes Association, according to the article. […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering an alpaca and llama workshop from 8:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Saturday, March 12 at the Androscoggin-Sagadahoc counties Extension Office, 24 Main St., Lisbon Falls. Led by UMaine Extension staff, workshop topics will include bookkeeping, enterprise budgeting, insurance, pasture management and nutrition. Participants will spend the afternoon at […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an article about “The President’s Salmon: Restoring the King of Fish and Its Home Waters,” a book written by Catherine Schmitt, communications director for Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine. The book, which was released by Down East Books in 2015, Schmitt traces the Penobscot River’s […]
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A research team led by professor Denise Skonberg of the University of Maine School of Food and Agriculture has been awarded a nearly $150,000 USDA grant to develop high-pressure processing technology for sous vide seafood products. Sous vide processing involves the low-temperature, long-time controlled cooking of vacuum-packaged raw foods in a hot water bath, preserving […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host an informational meeting about robotic dairy systems from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Wednesday, March 9 at Governor’s Restaurant, 376 Main St. in Waterville. The meeting is designed for dairy farmers and industry leaders to learn more about available robotic technology. Scheduled speakers include Les Pike, owner of Keewaydin Farm […]
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The Bangor Daily News published a feature article on the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s cooking class series, “From Scratch: Your Maine Kitchen.” The classes, which include a recent one on Savory Harvest Pies and next month’s Cooking with Maine Beer, embrace the popular locavore spirit of connecting consumers with land and sea, according to […]
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