The annual apple and pumpkin sale held on the Orono campus by staff at Highmoor Farm, the UMaine College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture fruit and vegetable research facility in Monmouth, is scheduled for Oct. 14 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Cyrus Pavilion Theatre behind Fogler Library. Details are included on […]
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The Bangor Daily News had an article about a visit to the UMaine campus by United Nations hunger expert Douglass Coutts, who spoke Wednesday at Buchanan Alumni House. John Rebar, UMaine Cooperative Extension director, announced the formation of a UMaine chapter of Universities Fighting World Hunger which will be organized by M. Susan Erich, a […]
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UMaine’s research into the area of integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA) was noted in a Working Waterfront story co-written by Catherine Schmitt, the communications coordinator for the UMaine-based Maine Sea Grant. The story cited research into the relationship between mussels and salmon to influence each other’s health, which is currently being overseen by Ian Bricknell, director […]
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The Lewiston Sun Journal has a story about the Maine Public Broadcasting Network series “Sustainable Maine,” which will feature scientists from UMaine and other educational institutions around the state as they work together with fishermen and loggers. The series will show how the group seeks to balance economic growth with environmental sensitivity and local traditions […]
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UMaine Cooperative Extension Horticulturist Lois Berg Stack was interviewed by I-95 (95.7 FM) Cumulus Broadcasting Inc. for a news report on fall planting. Stack, a professor of sustainable agriculture, said fall is a good time for putting in bulbs such as garlic because they can take root during the winter. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Two UMaine researchers will attend the 2011 Northeast Private Well Symposium later this year, according to a Bangor Daily News story. John Peckenham, director of the Maine Water Resources Research Institute at the University of Maine Senator George J. Mitchell Center, and Laura Wilson, assistant scientist at UMaine’s Cooperative Extension, will present research on water […]
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Rick Kersbergen of the UMaine Cooperative Extension faculty provided comment for a Portland Daily Sun story about community supported agriculture efforts in Maine. Kersbergen also noted that Maine is the only state that is seeing the age of its average farmer going down.
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The TV magazine show “207,” which airs on Maine’s NBC affiliates, featured UMaine Cooperative Extension Educator Ellen Libby who discussed Extension’s role in FoodCorps, a new national program aims to train young adults for careers in food and agriculture, and educate people about how to eat healthier. UMaine Cooperative Extension is one of 10 national […]
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Comments from UMaine Cooperative Extension Educator Renae Moran were included in a Portland Press Herald report about this year’s apple crop in Maine. Moran said growers lost 10 percent of fruit due to high winds from last month’s Hurricane Irene, but most Maine orchards have a large apple crop that is ripening on schedule. Contact: […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension horticulturist Kate Garland was interviewed for a Channel 2 (WLBZ) news report on fall gardening and lawn care tips as fall weather turns cooler and area residents prepare to put their gardens to bed for winter. She suggests pulling weeds to prevent a weed seed bed from becoming established and […]
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