Forstadt Speaks to WVII About Children Coping with Tragedy
Leslie Forstadt, child and family development specialist at UMaine’s Cooperative Extension, spoke with WVII (Channel 7) about talking to children who are dealing with tragedy.
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Leslie Forstadt, child and family development specialist at UMaine’s Cooperative Extension, spoke with WVII (Channel 7) about talking to children who are dealing with tragedy.
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James Dill, pest management specialist for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was quoted in an Associated Press article about nature’s garden helpers. Foster’s Daily Democrat and the Houston Chronicle were among news organizations to carry the report. Dill advised gardeners to maintain ample spacing to attract beneficial insects such as spiders.
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Cooking for Crowds workshop with Kathy Savoie was highlighted in the April 10 Dispatches column of the Portland Press Herald.
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Fenceviewer, the community news and information website for Maine’s Hancock County, carried an article about the countywide food drive organized by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Washington Hancock Community Agency. Organizers called the drive a success after collecting 12,350 items. Fenceviewer talked to Marjorie Peronto, educator at the University of Maine Cooperative […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s master food preserver training course was highlighted in the April 3 Dispatches column of the Portland Press Herald.
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Ana Bonstedt, home horticulture coordinator at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Piscataquis County, offered advice on preparing seedlings on WLBZ (Channel 2). Bonstedt spoke about planting dates and building seedling containers.
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WABI (Channel 5) cited Marjorie Peronto, educator at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Hancock County, in a story about a countywide food drive. The drive, which started at the beginning of March and had contributions from over 120 businesses, schools and churches, ends April 3. Peronto spoke about March being a “dry month […]
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The Portland Press Herald spoke to two faculty members of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension for an article about ways gardeners can prevent deer from eating their crops. Donna Coffin, an extension professor in Dover-Foxcroft, spoke about the deer problem in gardens and the use of fences to keep the animals away. Diana Hibbard, […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke to Alan Majka of University of Maine Cooperative Extension about an Extension program, “Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation,” based in Machias to establish free summer meal sites for children.
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VillageSoup cited a University of Maine Cooperative Extension publication in an article about healthy eating for toddlers. According to the Cooperative Extension bulletin, “The way we feed our children during the first five years of life affects everything — their physical health, and their emotional and social development, as well as how they learn.”
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