The Portland Press Herald and U.S. Sun featured an interview with Kerry Bernard, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension pesticide safety education program professional, on a pesticide used on property in Camden. Bernard said the pesticide, Tebuthiuron, is problematic because it is mobile in water, doesn’t easily break down and takes little to damage vegetation. […]
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Griffin Dill, an integrated pest management specialist and director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab, was interviewed by WABI (CBS 5 in Bangor) on precautions to take during tick season in Maine’s summer months. Based on samples received at the Tick Lab, Dill said the most common species to encounter in Maine […]
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WFVX (Fox 22/ABC 7) interviewed Kate Garland, a horticulture professional with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for a story about the popularity of picking fiddleheads. Garland said fiddleheads grow in Canada, New England and as far away as Tennessee, and that their growth this time of year is “staggering.”
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Jason Entsminger, assistant professor of entrepreneurship and innovation at the University of Maine Business School and a University of Maine Cooperative Extension small business specialist, was recognized as part of a multistate team that received a 2024 Partnership Award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The award, which […]
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Mainebiz reported on the medical research partnership between the University of Maine and University of Southern Maine to advance the field of medicine and create new professional development opportunities. The pilot partnership is led by the UMaine Institute of Medicine and provides fellowships to USM faculty, who will become adjunct faculty at UMaine and work […]
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Administrative Specialist Emily Mott and Community Education Assistant Elizabeth Stanley have been named the 2024 Outstanding Classified Employees at the University of Maine by the Classified Employees Advisory Council (CEAC). Mott and Stanley both work with University of Maine Cooperative Extension. The award recognizes classified employees’ exceptional service and dedication to UMaine, increasing the campus […]
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During a News Center Maine segment titled “Gardening with Gutner,” University of Maine Cooperative Extension horticulture specialist Pamela Hargest gave tips on how to prepare gardens for planting this spring. Hargest said soil testing is very important and testing kits can be obtained from and sent back to any local UMaine Extension office. Otherwise, she […]
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The Sun Journal featured University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Lynne Holland, a horticulture and social media professional, in a Q&A about pollinator gardens. Holland provides step by step instructions on the four-part process to create a pollinator garden and explains what they are: gardens for native plants with no chemicals and safe places for pollinators […]
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The University of Maine is launching a pilot program in May to better understand tick populations following a record-setting year for Lyme disease. The Portland Press Herald highlighted the new program and interviewed Griffin Dill, a UMaine Cooperative Extension integrated pest management professional. With tick season soon peaking, UMaine researchers plan to study how local […]
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Country Folks Grower followed an informational presentation from Jason Entsminger, a University of Maine assistant professor of entrepreneurship and innovation, UMaine Cooperative Extension assistant professor and small business specialist. Entsminger presented at a Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners workshop on the challenges of farm employers to offer benefits that allow their workplace to compete with […]
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