A University of Maine video on the state’s aquaculture industry and related research was featured on Science360. For more than four decades, UMaine has conducted research and provided educational outreach related to the farming of aquatic organisms, such as finfish, shellfish or sea vegetables. In 2014, that support took a giant step forward with the […]
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Maine Startups Insider reported [Re]Produce, a company that wants to turn Maine farmers’ surplus into high-end locally sourced frozen food, won the sixth annual UMaine Business Challenge. Anita van Dam and Grace Burchard, both students at College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, took home the first-place $5,000 cash award, which van Dam said the […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald, WABI (Channel 5), Mainebiz, Woodworking Network and WLBZ (Channel 2) reported on the new Biomass to Bioproducts Pilot Plant at the University of Maine’s Technology Research Center in Old Town. Biofine Technology, a Massachusetts company focused on making liquid fuel, chemicals and other advanced materials from wood, intends […]
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Beth Calder, a food science specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and associate professor of food science in the School of Food and Agriculture, was quoted in the Bangor Daily News article, “How Maine’s cheesemakers are keeping food safety a top priority.” When news broke about a listeria outbreak tied to Vulto, a […]
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The Associated Press reported the University of Maine will host a forum about potato diseases this fall that’s expected to draw scientists from all over the U.S. and Europe. The Potato Disease Summit will be held Nov. 9 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. Plant pathologists, researchers and scientists will present the latest information […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in a Boothbay Register article about C and L Forestry Wood Pellets. The Boothbay company’s owner, a licensed professional forester and arborist for more than 20 years, decided to start producing pellets for heating around two years ago, according to the article. The company spent the past winter perfecting […]
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WLBZ (Channel 2) spoke with several students in the University of Maine College of Engineering, as well as Dana Humphrey, dean of the college, for a report about Maine’s need for more engineers. Several students showed off their capstone projects, including a clean snowmobile, and spoke about their plans for after graduation. Humphrey said many […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in the Free Press article, “The past, present and future of Maine seafood.” Farmed fish, shellfish and seaweed will likely continue to be part of the state’s industry, according to the article. Currently, UMaine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research and Maine Sea Grant have been developing programs to farm […]
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The Maine Technology Institute and the Alliance for Maine’s Marine Economy today released a new request for proposals for a first round of awards from the Marine Economy Capital Grants Program, supporting growth in the state’s traditional fisheries, aquaculture and seafood-related companies and institutions. The deadline to submit proposals to MTI is Sept. 15. The […]
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Wiscasset Newspaper reported Habib Dagher, executive director of the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, will speak April 25 at the Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission’s 2017 annual meeting at the 1812 Farm in Bristol. The event begins at 5 p.m. with networking and refreshments, and includes highlights of the past year and […]
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