Bob Bayer, executive director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, spoke with Financial Times and the Maine Public Broadcasting Network about the oversupply of lobsters and the negative effects on the industry. Bayer said he doesn’t think anyone really understands how the price of lobster is set, and called the crustacean a […]
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Environmental Leader reported the company Tom’s of Maine is working with researchers at the University of Maine and the Sustainable BioPlastics Council of Maine to develop a polylactic acid packaging that could be made using waste potatoes that are produced in Maine.
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The Bangor Daily News article “Gov. LePage touts potential for ‘microbusiness’ growth in Maine” cited research compiled by James McConnon, an economics professor at the University of Maine. The information states of the 133,000 microbusinesses in Maine, four out of five operate with no employees other than the business owner.
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Maine Public Broadcasting Network spoke with Bob Bayer, executive director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, for the article “Maine’s surging lobster haul shifts focus to processing.” Bayer said he doesn’t think there’s an easy place to get a processing facility up and running in Maine because it’s a complicated and difficult […]
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A quarterly jobs economic report released by the Maine Development Foundation and the University of Maine’s School of Economics was the focus of the Bangor Daily News editorial “Where are Maine’s high-paying jobs?” The study found the productivity of Maine workers is one of the worst in the nation due to the state’s rural nature. […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s John Jemison, water quality and soil specialist; Caragh Fitzgerald, agricultural educator; and James McConnon, business and economics specialist and professor at UMaine spoke with the Morning Sentinel for the article “Central Maine farmers markets gain in popularity.” Jemison talked about the limited opportunities in established farmers markets, Fitzgerald touched […]
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Tyler Technologies Inc. in Falmouth spoke to Mainebiz about building their workforce through interns, including some from the University of Maine. The company’s leaders also spoke about their involvement in Project>Login, an initiative between Educate Maine and the University of Maine system that aims to attract students to computer technology-related majors and support them throughout their […]
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University of Maine, Maine Maritime Academy and partners receive $983,997 from the National Science Foundation for the creation of a unique offshore wind-wave generating system.
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The Portland Press Herald, Mainebiz and the Bangor Daily News were among several news organizations to write about a quarterly jobs economic report released by the Maine Development Foundation and the University of Maine’s School of Economics. The study found the productivity of Maine workers is one of the worst in the nation due to the […]
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The University of Maine-led offshore wind project and its deployment of the first floating offshore wind turbine in the U.S. was mentioned in a National Geographic blog titled “Getting charged up about blue power.”
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