Natalie Springuel, coastal community development Extension associate with Maine Sea Grant, was quoted in the New Orleans-based Nola.com/The Times-Picayune article “Louisiana’s coastal communities face similar dilemmas as working waterfronts across nation”. Springuel said it’s important to share strategies to “protect working waterfronts that are necessary parts of our local culture and economies.”
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Maine Harvest for Hunger has been awarded a two-year, $45,000 grant from The Betterment Fund. Harvest for Hunger is a statewide initiative that collects donations of fresh produce from home gardeners, farmers, businesses, civic organizations and schools in the state to feed Maine people in need. Since 2000, hundreds of […]
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The Portland Press Herald spoke with James Dill, a pest management specialist with the University of Maine’s Cooperative Extension, for an article about the use of pesticides on medicinal marijuana. Dill said he has been asked for tips on how to control pests in marijuana growing operations and says he can’t recommend more than spraying […]
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Seacoast Online mentioned the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in its article about winter gardening and preparing for the spring gardening season. The article says the UMaine Cooperative Extension offers gardening information and programs, and can also do soil tests for gardeners who would like to send in a soil sample to determine the best […]
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The VillageSoup wrote an article about the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Kids Can Grow program, a youth gardening program for ages 7–12 that will offer six hands-on classes from May to September at the Knox-Lincoln counties office in Waldoboro.
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Mainebiz interviewed Kathy Hopkins, a maple syrup educator with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, and Jenny Shrum, a doctoral biology and ecology student at the University of Maine, for the March 18 article “Maine syrup makers brace for widespread variability.” Hopkins spoke about the unusually warm seasons producers have been seeing in the past […]
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Mainebiz interviewed University of Maine faculty members Jim McConnon and Beth Calder for the March 18 article, “Belfast food hub creates new market forlocal vendors.” McConnon, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension business and economics specialist and professor of economics, explained why a food hub has taken root in Belfast. Calder, a UMaine Extension food […]
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Twenty-two UMaine faculty members receive promotion and/or tenure.
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A Portland Press Herald blog post titled “Basics of Pruning” linked to the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s website, calling it an “excellent resource for information on pruning techniques.” The blog post also cited Cooperative Extension Educator Richard Brzozowski on pruning tools and his favorite place to buy them.
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In a story on the Portland Flower Show, Channel 2 (WLBZ) advanced the silent and live plant auctions that will take place Sunday at the Portland Company Complex and will benefit the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Demonstration Garden at Tidewater Farm and the Maine Harvest for Hunger Gardens in Cumberland County.
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