UMaine’s Cooperative Extension Cited In Report on Dry Weather
WLBZ 2 mentioned UMaine’s Cooperative Extension in a report about Maine’s dry weather this summer.
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Extension Apple Specialist Sees Light But Early Harvest
Contact: Renae Moran, (207) 933-2100, Ext. 105 MONMOUTH – University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and fruit tree specialist Renae Moran says many Maine apple orchards are seeing light but early harvests this year. “I’m starting to see it with the early varieties and I think it’s going to happen with Macintosh,” says Moran, a […]
Read moreFood Preservation Educator Offers Tips on Freezing Green Beans
Contact: Kathy Savoie, (207) 780-4205 PORTLAND — After last year’s sad gardening season, who could blame backyard gardeners for planting a few extra rows of vegetables this year? So, what to do with the rich abundance of produce now taking shape in an ideal gardening season may be the next question for many people. Kathy […]
Read moreLate Blight: Grower and Farm Stand Alert
Contact: Jim Dill, (207) 949-2155 Potato late blight, the disease that caused the significant crop losses for tomatoes and potatoes in Maine last year has just been confirmed at a sight in Waldoboro, and several other suspected sites are now being investigated. Typical symptoms will be a water-soaked grease spot on foliage with a fine white […]
Read morePest-Management Specialist Available to Discuss Japanese Beetle Control
Contact: Professor Jm Dill at (207) 581-3879; George Manlove at (207) 581-3756. ORONO — UMaine Cooperative Extension educator and pest management specialist Jim Dill is available to discuss effective ways to deal with garden insects such as Japanese beetles and other insects that chew away at gardens. Dill says this year appears likely to be […]
Read moreUMaine Food Scientist Offers Summertime Fresh Food, Safe Handling Tips
Contact: Beth Calder, (207) 581-2791 ORONO — The season is here for consumers to take their pick from the bounty of fresh, locally grown produce at farmers markets. To help ensure proper food handling practices by farmers and vendors, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Food Science Specialist Beth Calder has compiled a fact sheet. A […]
Read moreExtension Volunteer Program Helps Older Adults Ease Falling Fears
Contact: Deb Eckart, (207) 255-3345 MACHIAS, Maine — For many older adults, a fear of falling can steadily decrease their physical activity, well-being and independence. At a minimum, their quality of life is jeopardized. “Falling is a fact of life. As we age, it’s just what happens to us,” says Deb Eckart, a University of […]
Read more4-H Art Program Brings Cheer to the Ill
Contact: Jon Prichard, (207) 324-2814; Laura Jaquays, (207) 251-4058 SPRINGVALE, Maine — A small but powerful 4-H art program coordinated by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s York County office in Springvale is bringing messages of cheer to patients at York Hospital Oncology Care and the Hospice of York. Jon Prichard, an associate Extension professor, […]
Read moreCut the Cost of Baby Food by Making It at Home
Contact: Kate Yerxa, (207) 581-3109 ORONO — Think of green baby food, and pureed peas or string beans come to mind. But when Kate Yerxa was asked how people could save money by making their own baby food, the green she saw was dollars. Yerxa, the statewide educator for nutrition and physical activity at University […]
Read moreFood Science Professor Defends the Healthy Potato
Contact: Mary Ellen Camire, (207) 581-1627; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — As Maine’s congressional delegation and the Maine Potato Board lobby the USDA to rescind its recent decision to exclude the potato from eligible fruits and vegetables available to WIC program participants, a UMaine food science and human nutrition professor is offering science-based evidence […]
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