The Sun Journal, Portland Press Herald, WABI (Channel 5) and WLBZ (Channel 2) were among several news organizations to carry an Associated Press report previewing the Maine Beaches Conference. The conference, coordinated by Maine Sea Grant and a steering committee of public and private partners, takes place Friday, July 12 at Southern Maine Community College […]
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Keri Lindberg, Maine Healthy Beaches coordinator with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension/Maine Sea Grant, spoke with the Bangor Daily News about the health of Maine’s beaches after conflicting reports about bacteria levels in the water were released. Lindberg spoke about how researchers test for high bacteria.
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Registration is still open for the Food Waste Management Workshop sponsored by the Maine Compost Team and the University of Maine, Aug. 21–22 in Orono. The two-day event will feature information on UMaine’s new food material in-vessel compost system and how schools, corporations, entertainment and food industries can turn waste into a renewable product. The […]
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The Osawatomie Graphic of Kansas published safe summer grilling tips by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension.
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The latest post of the Portland Press Herald blog “The Root: Dispatches from Maine’s food sources” focused on picking raspberries in Maine. The post linked to a “fun” video by University of Maine Cooperative Extension on how to preserve raspberries.
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In May, the “Grow It in Maine” column by Carol Howe in Downeast Coastal Press focused on the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Harvest for Hunger program and its benefits to the state.
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WLBZ (Channel 2) and WVII (Channel 7) reported members of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension will be offering free hands-on gardening advice this summer. UMaine Extension’s Penobscot County Master Gardeners will be on hand every Tuesday evening at the Rogers Farm Demonstration Garden in Old Town to answer questions for those who may have […]
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James Dill, pest management specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke about whiteflies and the harm they bring crops in a Portland Press Herald article. Dill says whiteflies, which are not harmful to people, suck out plant juices, causing the leaves to yellow or die.
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Ron Fournier, summer camp director of the University of Maine 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Bryant Pond, recently hosted an educational archery session with his wife Dee at the Maine Wildlife Park in Gray. Fournier, who is also a 4-H-certified shooting sports safety instructor for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, told […]
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Felicia Dumont, food preservation program aide for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, recently demonstrated how to cook and can strawberry jam on WABI (Channel 5).
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