University of Maine Cooperative Extension will celebrate the fifth annual 4-H National Youth Science Days (NYSD) in October and November with a series of events designed to spark youth interest in science and future science careers. As part of 4-H NYSD, youngsters will participate in the 4-H Eco-Bot Challenge, a 2012 National Science Experiment in […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and cranberry specialist Charlie Armstrong was interviewed for a Bangor Daily News article on the 2012 cranberry harvest. Armstrong said growers expect the yield to exceed 2.5 million pounds, just shy of the 3 million-pound record set in 2010. He credited good weather and a mild winter for improved […]
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The Seacoast Online newspaper posted an article about a joint program of the Community Wellness Coalition in southern York County with University of Maine and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension services to offer a series of training workshops designed to help community group members become more effective advocates. The training includes skills and concepts […]
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Staff from UMaine’s Highmoor Farm in Monmouth will be on the Orono campus again this fall to sell high-quality apples and pumpkins. The sale is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 11 by the Cyrus Pavilion Theatre. Apple prices are $2 a pound and $3 per pound for organic; pumpkins are $3, […]
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A Bangor Daily News article on parasites threatening Maine’s moose population included comments from University of Maine Cooperative Extension veterinarian Anne Lichtenwalner and several UMaine students who have been researching the effects of moose lungworm on moose mortality. UMaine student Jana Drury, postdoctoral research Sarah Barker and recent UMaine graduate and research assistant Darryl Ann […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and cranberry specialist Charlie Armstrong said in an article in the Maine Sunday Telegram warm weather resulting from climate change could be behind this year’s successful cranberry harvest in Maine. Armstrong also said crops like peaches, typically better suited for warmer, southern climates, could become more common in the […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension Director John Rebar was interviewed by Channel 8 (WAGM) in Aroostook County about several UMaine Extension programs that help Maine’s agricultural economies, including the Maine Food System and 4-H Youth development programs. Rebar said UMaine Extension also will hire a new soil scientist for the Presque Isle office to work […]
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With the help of UMaine Extension, an antioxidant-rich chokeberry could become a new niche crop for Maine farmers.
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David Handley, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and vegetable and small fruit specialist, was interviewed for Channel 2 (WLBZ) report on the spotted wing drosophila, a fruit fly that has Maine’s blueberry growers worried because it attacks ripening and not just rotten fruit. Handley, who is based at UMaine Extension’s Highmoor Farm in […]
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Mainebiz magazine and South Portland radio station WGAN posted on their websites a report about the spotted wing drosophila fruit fly and noted University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s research into the relatively new-to-Maine pest. UMaine Extension experts are collecting the fly, which attacks soft fruit such as blueberries, for research purposes. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) […]
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