In a Portland Press Herald story about a United Nations report on a global push toward small, diversified and sustainable farming, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Director John Rebar commented on the decline in funding of university extension programs. The report advocated for policymakers to fund and support farmer-to-farmer knowledge sharing and the nationwide network […]
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Contact: Catherine Schmitt (catherine.schmitt@umit.maine.edu) Joe Carr (joe.carr@umit.maine.edu) ORONO — Spring is the season of firsts: first robin on the lawn, first blush of maples flowering in the swamps, first fragrant lilac bloom. Across Maine, many people enjoy watching the seasons as they unfold. Now, those observations can contribute to scientific studies through a new program […]
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The Argus Leader of Sioux Falls, S.D., has a story about tapping maple trees for sap to be turned into maple syrup. The story included a tip from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension website that only trees at least 10 inches in diameter should be tapped. More tips can be seen here on the […]
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An article about UMaine Cooperative Extension’s Kids Can Grow experimental youth gardening program in York Country was on the website of Foster’s Daily Democrat newspaper in New Hampshire. The Kids Can Grow program teaches children ages 7-12 how to grown their own vegetables, flowers and herbs. UMaine Extension Professor Frank Wertheim says in the article […]
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Comments from Jim Dill of the UMaine Cooperative Extension faculty were included in a Friday Channel 5 story about a Friday Orono forum about bedbugs. Dill and other experts — including those form the hospitality and healthcare sectors — provided information about dealing with the pests.
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Bangor television stations Channel 5 (WABI), Channel 2 (WLBZ) and Channel 7 (WVII) interviewed Cooperative Extension educator and maple syrup expert Kathy Hopkins and Francis Avery, who operates the University of Maine’s Thomas J. Corcoran Sugar House Thursday for a feature on the maple syrup season, now well under way with cold nights and warm […]
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Research done by James McConnon, UMaine Cooperative Extension specialist and economics professor, was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News column about women and work. The column, which is the first of a new series called Women@Work, states McConnon’s research has found 30 percent of microbusinesses in Maine are owned by women.
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The Lewiston Sun Journal ran an article about a UMaine Cooperative Extension experimental youth gardening program which teaches children ages 7-12 how to grow their own vegetables, flowers and herbs. The program, which was developed by Cooperative Extension in York County, will be held Saturdays, April through September, in Sanford.
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The Lewiston Sun Journal reports UMaine’s Cooperative Extension is funding the national 4-H Tech Wizard program in schools in the Oxford Hills area of western Maine. The program will have teachers working with students to build skills and aspirations in science, technology, engineering and math, and to develop an ethic of service and civic engagement. […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Officials from AT&T and the University of Maine will announce a donation that will provide support for Maine NEW Leadership, a University of Maine-based program for college women interested in careers in politics and public service. Owen Smith, regional vice president for AT&T will be at UMaine’s […]
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