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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The Bangor Daily News and WABI (Channel 5) included articles on the presence of 4-H members at local fairs. Members of 4-H, the youth development branch of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, celebrated the group’s 100th birthday at the Bangor State Fair and displayed results of hard work at the Northern Maine Fair in Presque […]
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Karen Hatch Gagne, University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator, spoke with WABI (Channel 5) at the fourth annual Positive Youth Development Institute in Bangor. The professional development conference gives Maine educators a chance to hear from students about ways to strengthen their relationships. Gagne said changes in education are really about youth voice, choice and […]
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Ellen Mallory, sustainable agriculture extension specialist at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine director of the Northern New England Local Bread Wheat Project, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for the article “How Skowhegan became Maine’s new bread basket” after the annual Kneading Conference was held in Skowhegan. Mallory spoke about the need […]
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Kate Garland, horticulturist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with WVII (Channel 7) for the latest installment of its “Backyard Gardener” series. Garland spoke about the community garden in Bangor.
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Canada-based Progressive Dairyman published an article on harvesting forage safely by University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Steven Johnson, crops specialist, and Dawna Cyr, farm safety project assistant. The article originally appeared in Progressive Forage Grower magazine.
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A Morning Sentinel article previewing this week’s Kneading Conference and Artisan Bread Fair in Skowhegan mentioned Ellen Mallory, University of Maine sustainable agriculture extension specialist and Maine director of the Northern New England Local Bread Wheat Project. Mallory is expected to give a presentation on the regional project and its goal to help farmers increase […]
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An article by The Forecaster on Portland adjusting to cruise industry changes cites a University of Maine study on the economic effects of ships in the city. The 2009 study, which was funded by Portland and conducted by UMaine economics professors Todd Gabe and James McConnon, estimated cruise ship visits contribute between $5.8 million and […]
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Rick Kersbergen, University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator of sustainable dairy and forage systems, spoke with the Kennebec Journal about the low quality of this year’s hay harvest due to a rainy June. Kersbergen spoke about the loss of nutrients while farmers wait for the hay to dry. He said once the hay crop quality […]
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