Applications for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Food Preserver Program are now available. The 10-session course meets Tuesdays, June 14–Sept. 6, from 5:30–8:30 p.m., at the UMaine Extension office, 75 Clearwater Drive, Falmouth, and at Brunswick High School, 116 Maquoit Road, Brunswick. The 35-hour course combines lecture, discussion and hands-on kitchen lab practice. […]
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The Bangor Daily News featured a new program to introduce fishermen to yoga, which is a collaboration between yoga instructor and Port Clyde oyster farmer Antonia Small, Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association and Maine AgrAbility. Maine AgrAbility is a nonprofit collaboration of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Alpha One, dedicated to helping farmers, fishermen, […]
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The Daily Bulldog, Bangor Daily News, Morning Ag Clips, Lincoln County News and CentralMaine.com noted that University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a webinar for home gardeners about starting seeds indoors, from noon–1:15 p.m. on March 25. “Seed Starting at Home” features best practices for starting vegetable and flower seedlings indoors, such as proper […]
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Centralmaine.com promoted an upcoming dairy conference co-hosted by University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Dairy Industry Association (MDIA).The 2022 Maine Dairy Seminar and MDIA Annual Meeting will be held from 9 a.m.–3:15 p.m. March 10, at the Waterville Elks Lodge, 76 Industrial St. Register for the event online.
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Morning Ag Clips advanced University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Master Food Preserver Program. Learn more and register on the program webpage.
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The Bangor Daily News, Sun Journal and Daily Bulldog shared information about University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H’s new five-session online food science club for ages 9–13. The club will meet weekly 3:30–4:30 p.m. March 22–April 19. The club is free to join; registration on the 4-H club webpage is required by March 10 and […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Daily Bulldog, Centralmaine.com, Sun Journal and Morning Ag Clips shared information about University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H offering a six-week session in its agricultural leadership program for Maine teens on Tuesdays, March 15–April 19 from 3:30–5 p.m. Register on the program webpage.
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is offering a six-week session in its agricultural leadership program for Maine teens on Tuesdays, March 15–April 19, 3:30–5 p.m. The Spring 2022 Agricultural Leadership Ambassador Program will provide Maine youth ages 14–18 online and in-person opportunities to explore career pathways, post-secondary options, current issues in food systems, crop […]
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The Ellsworth American, Aquaculture North America, Wiscasset Newspaper, FishFocus, DeliciousFood.com, Boothbay Register and Mount Desert Islander featured the Maine Aquaculture Distributing Mapping Manual, a collaborative project underway between the University of Maine School of Economics, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Maine Aquaculture Association, Gulf of Maine Research Institute and the Island Institute that explores in […]
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Griffin Dill, integrated pest management professional at University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Bangor Daily News about controlling rat populations using bait that contains rat birth control chemicals. Dill said, “Stopping the reproductive success as a control method is an interesting avenue that has potential. Any research in that direction to steer us […]
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