The fifth annual Backyard Locavore Day hosted by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Cumberland County was previewed in the Portland Press Herald’s Food and Dining Dispatches column. The event is a self-guided tour of multiple gardens in Cumberland County on Saturday, Aug. 10 that is designed to educate people about do-it-yourself strategies for […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Cumberland County will hold the fifth annual Backyard Locavore Day, a self-guided tour of multiple gardens, on Saturday, Aug. 10. Events in Brunswick, Cape Elizabeth, Falmouth, Freeport, North Yarmouth, Portland, South Portland, Windham, Raymond and Yarmouth will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine. Backyard […]
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The latest article in the Bangor Daily News column series “Eat this” focused on a University of Maine-led child food and fitness study called iCook. The project is a five-state, $2.5 million USDA study designed to prevent childhood obesity by improving culinary skills and promoting family meals.
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The fifth annual Backyard Locavore Day hosted by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Cumberland County was previewed in the latest entry of the Portland Press Herald blog “The Root: Dispatches from Maine’s food sources.” The event is a self-guided tour of multiple gardens in Cumberland County on Saturday, Aug. 10, that is designed […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s John Jemison, water quality and soil specialist; Caragh Fitzgerald, agricultural educator; and James McConnon, business and economics specialist and professor at UMaine spoke with the Morning Sentinel for the article “Central Maine farmers markets gain in popularity.” Jemison talked about the limited opportunities in established farmers markets, Fitzgerald touched […]
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The latest column in the Portland Press Herald’s Maine Gardener series included advice from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and James Dill, pest management specialist with UMaine Extension. Despite advice from scientists at the Maine Department of Agriculture and UMaine Extension to avoid impatiens this year, the plant has been thriving, according to the […]
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David Yarborough, wild blueberry specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with WLBZ (Channel 2) about this year’s harvest. He said he thinks the state will see a better-than-average crop this year.
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Frank Drummond, entomologist at the University of Maine, and David Yarborough, wild blueberry specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with BangorMetro about growing blueberries in Maine. Drummond focused on increasing native pollinators and Yarborough spoke about the history of growing blueberries and Maine’s crop. Yarborough also spoke with the Bangor Daily News about […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Donna Coffin, educator with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, about pig habits for an article on a 140-pound black guinea hog who escaped into the Aroostook woods on its way to a slaughterhouse. Coffin said pigs are omnivores and if they can find a dry shelter with access […]
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David Yarborough, blueberry specialist for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Associated Press about a new fruit fly posing a threat to the state’s blueberry crop. Yarborough said while growers are anxious about the flies, they’re doing what they can to monitor and control them. The Washington Post, Kennebec Journal and PhillyBurbs.com […]
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