Jim McConnon, University of Maine Cooperative Extension business and economics specialist and professor of economics, provided perspective for a Bangor Daily News report on the recent downgrade of Maine’s credit rating by Fitch Ratings.
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Several news organizations across the country, including the New England Cable News and the Seattle Times, carried reports about the University of Maine’s new composting facility, an automated composting unit that can convert more than 1 ton of organic waste per day from campus dining facilities to rich soil amendments that will be used in […]
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The Kennebec Journal posted online a photograph of a central Maine woman receiving a free hearing checkup at the Maine Agricultural Trades Show by a technician participating in the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Maine AgrAbility program, which assists farmers with chronic health issues and disabilities across the state.
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A Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention statewide health alert notes that flu activity is widespread with more reported cases this year than last, and more expected in the next few weeks. University of Maine Cooperative Extension experts are available to provide advice for avoiding the virus and coping with it. They also can […]
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The agricultural website The Grower carried a news report on the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s introduction of a Beginning Farmer Resource Network, a free online resource for new farmers with questions about starting a farming business.
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An article in the Bangor Daily News about the rising cost of milk production in Maine cited information from a University of Maine Cooperative Extension report that estimated the average cost to produce 100 pounds of milk is about $30, which is considered high according to Julie-Marie Bickford, executive director of the Maine Dairy Industry, […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on the Maine Beginning Farmer Resource Network being introduced by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension this week at the Maine Agricultural Trade Show in Augusta to provide basic information and support services for beginning farmers in Maine.
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UMaine Extension launching online Beginning Farmer Resource Network.
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A free four-week program exploring stress-reduction strategies is being offered to UMaine faculty and staff from 8:30–10 a.m. or 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. each Tuesday in February in the Multipurpose Room of the Memorial Union. Leslie Forstadt, University of Maine Cooperative Extension faculty member and child and family development specialist, will lead the classes. Attendance is […]
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