UMaine News

Alan Majka, a registered dietician and UMaine Cooperative Extension faculty member, was quoted extensively in a Maine Today Media story about techniques for the safe handling of leftovers.

Kate Yerxa, a UMaine Cooperative Extension nutrition educator, contributed to the Bangor Daily News a story about the health benefits of beans. Yerxa says beans are a perfect way to eat healthy and inexpensively.

Lois Berg Stack of the UMaine Cooperative Extension faculty comments in a Maine Today Media story about the notion that poinsettias are poisonous to ingest.  While she doesn’t advise eating them, Stack agrees with other experts who call reports of the plant’s toxicity “a myth.”

John Rebar, executive director of UMaine Cooperative Extension, has a letter to the editor in Friday’s Bangor Daily News. The letter thanks U.S. Sen. Susan Collins for her support of the University of Maine Potato Integrated Pest Management program. The program provided in 2008 and 2009 early warnings and strategies that averted an estimated $43 […]

Information from UMaine Cooperative Extension about the popularity of the cranberry around the holidays was included in a story in a report in a Connecticut newspaper. The Bristol Press mentioned the health benefits of the cranberry, its history in North America, and ways cranberries can be cultivated in a home garden. More information can be […]

UMaine Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center Research Associate Ann Acheson and Barbara Murphy from the Cooperative Extension faculty will be part of a panel discussion on WERU radio, 10-11 a.m. Friday Dec. 17.  WERU is at 89.9FM with live streaming online. The subject will be local agriculture as a means for addressing hunger in Knox […]

In a Bangor Daily News story Thursday, Maine state veterinarian Don Hoenig credited testing done at UMaine labs as a major reason the state’s large egg processing facilities have tested Salmonella-free again this year. Other factors included the work done by egg farmers and the collaborative nature of Maine’s effort to keep out Salmonella.

Kate Yerxa, a registered dietician with UMaine’s Cooperative Extension, was interviewed for a Bangor Daily News story about how to ward off winter illnesses. Yerxa said the best way to stay healthy during cold and flu season is to eat a varied diet of fruits, vegetables, dried beans, nuts, whole grains and lean cuts of […]

Leslie Forstadt, a child and family development specialist in UMaine Cooperative Extension, was quoted in a Sunday Maine Today Media story about pets as holiday gifts.  Forstadt urges that families consider carefully the ramifications of such a decision.  She also recommends that parents consider interim steps to prepare the family for a new pet, such […]