Cooperative Extension

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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Maine Edge advances 4-H Science Saturday on winter ecology

The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release about the University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H Science Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 5 that will explore the ecological side of winter. Students in the UMaine School of Forest Resources will lead hands-on activities at outdoor stations at Braeside, the historic […]

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UMaine Extension savory pie class featured in Press Herald

The Portland Press Herald reported on a recent workshop in the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s “From Scratch: Your Maine Kitchen” cooking series. The class, which was held at the UMaine Extension Cumberland County office in Falmouth, taught participants how to make savory pies including carrot, mushroom, kale and pesto cheesecake from fall and winter […]

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