Samuel Belknap, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Anthropology and the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, was featured in a four-part film series produced by the Island Institute. “A Climate of Change” highlights fishing communities threatened by the effects of a changing climate and what they are doing to adapt. The […]
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David Yarborough, a blueberry specialist with the University of Maine’s Cooperative Extension and a professor of horticulture in the School of Food and Agriculture, spoke with the Kennebec Journal for an article about how some Maine blueberry farmers are using irrigation systems to deal with the recent drought. Maine is about halfway through its typical […]
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Mindy Crandall, an assistant professor of forest management and economics at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News. The article is titled, “What the rest of us gain by investing in Maine’s forest economy.”
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Without a sound, safe and efficient transportation infrastructure, Bill Davids says we wouldn’t have an economy. “That truck that just drove over this bridge carrying goods to wherever wouldn’t be able to make its trip; the ambulance wouldn’t be able to get to your house; you wouldn’t be able to get to work in the […]
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The Associated Press, Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald, WABI (Channel 5), Maine Public Broadcasting Network, WLBZ (Channel 2), WVII (Channel 7) and Mainebiz covered a news conference July 29 at the University of Maine with U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Matt Erskine. At the event, Erskine announced the U.S. Department […]
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The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) will invest more than $4 million to help diversify and grow the Maine economy, which includes new funds designed to aid the forest sector, announced U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Matt Erskine in a news conference at the University of Maine July […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported members of Maine’s congressional delegation are scheduled to join federal officials at the University of Maine on Friday, July 29 to announce a new initiative to help the state’s forest products industry. U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Matt Erskine will join U.S. Sens. Angus King and […]
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Fiddlehead Focus published an article about how the booming craft beer industry is offering new opportunities for Maine farmers, including potato farmers who have long grown grains that mostly sell for animal feed. Researchers with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension are studying 25 varieties of barley, the base grain in many beers, to help […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported Old Town city leaders approved a proposed $3 million bond to purchase the 40-acre parcel of land and some warehouses along the Penobscot River where the Expera Old Town mill once operated. The property is owned by a consortium of liquidators and still home to the University of Maine’s Technology […]
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Technology created by a spin-off company of the Laboratory of Surface Science and Technology (LASST) at the University of Maine has won a top safety award. CF Industries, a North American manufacturer and distributor of agricultural fertilizers, recently presented a 2016 Stephen R. Wilson Excellence in Safety Award to staff at its Port Neal laboratory […]
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