Jim Dill, a pest management specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for an article about fruit flies in the home. “This is the time of the year,” Dill said of the insects invading your house. “The fruit flies are out and about. Everything is ripe. They come […]
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The Bangor Daily News featured a University of Maine Cooperative Extension video in the post, “Apple picking season is coming up. Here’s an interactive map of Maine orchards.” The video features Renae Moran, a tree fruit specialist with UMaine Cooperative Extension, who offers tips on apple harvest and storage. Moran suggests people refrigerate apples once […]
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Storage Facilities Loan program has been extended to include aquaculture, thanks to efforts by the Maine Farm Service Agency, the Maine Aquaculture Association and the Maine Sea Grant Program at the University of Maine. “This program can provide financing on favorable terms for things such as construction costs and […]
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The Associated Press spoke with David Yarborough, a blueberry specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and professor in the School of Food and Agriculture, for an article about how machines are taking the place of migrant workers in Maine’s blueberry industry. A push toward mechanization is reducing the number of migrant farmers who […]
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The Associated Press reported University of Maine researchers are working on a two-year project to increase the state’s crop of locally grown plums. The project — funded by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry — is identifying suitable plum varieties for Maine’s climate that would help diversify the state’s apple farms. The project […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host a Pollinator Field Day to celebrate the often overlooked local heroes that make Maine’s unique landscape grow, as well as the native plants they rely on. From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, those interested in promoting bee-friendly gardens and learning more about how native […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on the official launch of STEM Guides Downeast, a new program based in Machias that aims to immerse at least 600 10- to 18-year-olds in innovative, out-of-school science and math opportunities. The three-year project is a collaborative effort among the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance (MMSA), Axiom Education and Training […]
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Fosters.com published a University of Maine news release about researchers who are working to bring locally grown plums to farm stands around the state. The two-year project — funded by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry — is identifying suitable plum varieties for Maine’s climate that would help diversify the state’s apple farms. […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported Penny Stevens of Knox was named the 2015 Woman Farmer of the Year by the Waldo County Extension Association at its annual meeting in Unity. Stevens and her husband Jeff own Windgate Farm, and they’ve been dairy farmers for nearly 30 years, according to the report. “She has done a great […]
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David Yarborough, a blueberry specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and professor in the School of Food and Agriculture, was quoted in the Portland Press Herald article, “Hard-to-find lingonberries find a place on one Down East farm.” According to the article, Lamb Cove Farm in Robbinston, which farms wild blueberries on five organic […]
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