An article in the Bangor Daily News about a Washington County cranberry farm and the market options for cranberries noted that the University of Maine Cooperative Extension has estimated this year’s harvest will be good with a yield of about 2.5 million pounds, which is better than last year’s harvest of 2.4 million pounds. Contact: […]
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UMaine and ESTIA are hosting a conference that will explore a model for sustainable and healthy living.
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Enhancing community educational presentations with peer discussion, clicker technology Clicker technology and peer discussion — two educational tools typically used in school and college classrooms — have positive results when used in educational outreach for adults in the community, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Maine. The study was […]
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WATERVILLE – More than 120 undergraduate animal and dairy science majors from 14 colleges throughout the Northeast U.S. and Canada will put their dairy farm knowledge to the test at the 2012 Northeast Regional Dairy Challenge Nov.1–3 at the Best Western Plus Waterville Grand Hotel. The Northeast Regional Dairy Challenge, being held in Maine for […]
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ELLSWORTH – The University of Maine Cooperative Extension is helping fuel the entrepreneurial spirit in Downeast-area business communities Nov. 1–2 with the first Hancock County Business Conference and Trade Show. Maine Gov. Paul LePage is scheduled to give a keynote address on Nov. 2. More than 100 representatives from area public- and private-sector businesses and […]
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The Ellsworth American newspaper’s website has posted a University of Maine Cooperative Extension news release about the first Hancock County Business Conference and Trade Show scheduled in Ellsworth Nov. 1–2. Maine Gov. Paul LePage is scheduled to give the keynote address. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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The Bangor Daily News carried an article announcing the ESTIA Conference on “Slow Food, a Model for Sustainable and Healthy Living,” which is being held Oct. 26–27 at UMaine’s Wells Conference Center. More than 20 speakers, including U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree of Maine and several UMaine faculty members, will address topics such as understanding the […]
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Maine State Chamber of Commerce President Dana Connors, interviewed by the Maine Public Broadcasting Network on Maine’s upcoming referenda questions, said a proposed animal, plant and insect diagnostic laboratory at UMaine, along with new machine tool technology at community colleges, are “wise investments.” The lab is part of Question 2, on which voters will decide […]
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An article in the coastal Penobscot Bay Press about how general obligation bonds would be used should voters approve the referendum Question 2 next month notes that $7.8 million would be used to build a new a biologically secure animal and plant diagnostic facility at UMaine. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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Comments from University of Maine Cooperative Extension vegetable and small fruit specialist David Handley were included in a Maine Public Broadcasting Network report on the Asian spotted-winged fruit fly, which has begun appearing in Maine and presents a new threat to soft fruit growers. The fly can bore into unripe soft fruit such as blueberries […]
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