Lifehacker, a daily weblog that recommends downloads, websites and shortcuts to help people work smarter and save time, cited a University of Maine Cooperative Extension video that explains to travelers how to check a hotel room and not inadvertently carry the creepy crawlers home with them. Yahoo Travel and Fox News also cited the video. […]
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Due to the recent outbreak of a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza (AI) on a large turkey farm in Indiana, poultry producers in Maine are reminded to maintain vigilance against its transmission, even in winter. As a result of the outbreak in Indiana, about 245,000 turkeys and 156,000 chickens have been euthanized, according to […]
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Mainebiz reported on the newly opened Blue Ox Malthouse in Lisbon Falls. Company founder Joel Alex said he wanted to provide a local source for malt — a key ingredient in craft beer recipes — rather than exporting grains to Canada to be processed and reimported. Alex told Mainebiz in 2014 that there are 53 […]
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Using local foods in international cuisine is the focus of a hands-on workshop from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 20, at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Cumberland County office, 75 Clearwater Drive, Falmouth. Participants can sample several recipes, including Maine lobster dumplings and crab wontons, and take home a selection of items. Extension […]
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WVII (Channel 7) spoke with John Rebar, executive director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, and Ann Acheson, a research associate at UMaine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, for a report about Maine’s annual grocery bills being high above the national average. A recently released report from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis found […]
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Kate Garland, a horticulturist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, visited WABI (Channel 5) to speak about the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteer program. “The mission of the program is to train the public in research-based horticulture information, and we ask them after the training to bring their education out to […]
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Frank Drummond, an entomology specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and a UMaine professor of insect ecology, and David Yarborough, a wild blueberry specialist with UMaine Extension and professor in the School of Food and Agriculture, were quoted in a Maine magazine article about the wild Maine blueberry industry. In the article, Drummond […]
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Fosters.com reported applications are now available for the 2016 University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteer training in York County. Classes will meet 6–9:30 p.m. Thursdays from Feb. 4 through early June at the Anderson Learning Center in Springvale. Participants will receive more than 60 hours of in-depth horticultural training from UMaine Extension specialists, […]
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The Associated Press reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension has distributed more food through its Maine Harvest for Hunger program in 2015 than in any year in the program’s 15-year history. The program, which organizes farmers, businesses, gardeners, schools and civic groups to donate food, gave more than 318,000 pounds of food to 188 […]
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A full-day seminar organized by Gary Anderson, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor and animal and bio-sciences specialist, was mentioned in the Portland Press Herald article, “Ceding the farm in Maine takes planning and sometimes creativity.” Anderson helps organize daylong seminars on land transfer planning in New England that cover many aspects of transitioning […]
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