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 on the UMaine campus in Orono. Youth in grades six through eight will learn to use a coring device to collect […]
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Nineteen participants of 4-H, an educational youth program of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, and their project animals traveled to Springfield, Massachusetts in September to represent Maine at the Eastern States Exposition. They competed against more than 150 youth from around New England in a variety of dairy competitions. In the first contest, the […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry are co-sponsoring three fall workshops for new and future small-scale meat and egg producers. UMaine Extension educator Donna Coffin and assistant state veterinarian Beth McEvoy will cover poultry breeds, housing, health and nutrition for backyard meat and egg producers. Workshops are […]
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The Kennebec Journal reported the Pittston Consolidated School received a $1,400 grant from central Maine dairy farmers to promote more healthful eating and exercise. The Fuel Up to Play 60 program will enable the school to buy equipment for its playground, kitchen and physical education program as well as supplies for a new nutritional program, […]
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Anne Lichtenwalner, a University of Maine professor, veterinarian and director of UMaine’s Animal Health Laboratory, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for the article, “Turkey shortage across the country could ruffle Thanksgiving plans.” Farmers and grocers around the country have been affected by the highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, that last spring decimated turkey […]
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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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