The Bangor Daily News and WABI (Channel 5) reported on an 800-pound pumpkin named Peanut that was grown by a couple and transplanted in the Bangor Community Garden. The couple planted the seeds on May 1, and is bringing the pumpkin to the Damariscotta Pumpkinfest and Regatta, where it may be made into a boat, […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension is hosting a series of “Preserving the Harvest” workshops from York to Knox counties from October into November. The workshops focus on how to preserve fresh food by fermenting, freezing or canning, according to the article. Kate McCarty, a food preservationist with UMaine Extension, […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Kate Garland, a horticulturist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, and cited information from UMaine Extension in the article, “Foliage report: Maine experts talk this year’s fall color.” Although Maine’s foliage season has been delayed this year, the recent heavy rain around the state may mean brighter colors […]
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The Maine Edge reported 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. Youth in grades six through eight will learn to use a coring device to collect soil sediments […]
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Renae Moran, a tree fruit specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for articles about Maine’s bountiful apple harvest and small Asian pear crop. In an article about this year’s bumper apple crop, Moran said some people may still have apples in July. “People like to see a […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of Maine Animal and Veterinary Sciences will offer a free program about on-farm composting to manage animal disease and mortalities 3:45–7 p.m. Oct. 7, at Highmoor Farm, 52 U.S. Route 202, Monmouth. UMaine Extension professor Mark Hutchinson, associate professor Robert Causey and graduate student Alexandria Poulin will discuss […]
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The Bangor Daily News and The Maine Edge reported on a three-year, $2 million research project being led by University of Maine researchers that will use a popular video game to immerse rural Maine students in computer science and math concepts. Bruce Segee, the Henry R. and Grace V. Butler Professor of Electrical and Computer […]
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Jim Dill, a pest management specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Maine Public Broadcasting Network for a report about how some standard head lice treatments aren’t killing the pests. A recent study found lice in 25 states, including Maine, have developed resistance to the chemicals commonly found in over-the-counter lice […]
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The Sun Journal reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Crop Insurance and Risk Management program announced a new webinar, “Crop Insurance 101 for Beginning Farmers who are Military Veterans.” The webinar introduces crop insurance as a risk-management tool, and how to navigate options and new incentives for beginning farmers. The program aims to educate […]
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Researchers at the University of Maine have received a $1 million federal grant from the U.S Department of Agriculture to continue their efforts in boosting organic grain production in northern New England. “We are very excited by this new USDA award in that it recognizes the impact of the work we’ve done with farmers, millers […]
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