The Kennebec Journal reported the Pittston Consolidated School received a $1,400 grant from central Maine dairy farmers to promote more healthful eating and exercise. The Fuel Up to Play 60 program will enable the school to buy equipment for its playground, kitchen and physical education program as well as supplies for a new nutritional program, […]
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The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release previewing the 2015 Senator George J. Mitchell Lecture on Sustainability. “When Science Meets Politics: Symphony or Slugfest?” will be presented by University of Colorado professor and author Roger Pielke Jr., at 1 p.m. Oct. 15 in Hauck Auditorium. The event will include remarks by Sen. […]
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The Boston Globe spoke with Sarah Redmond, a marine extension associate with the Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine, for the article “New England seaweed the next big thing in local food?” Redmond said she she wanted to be a seaweed farmer since she was 15 years old, when she would […]
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Anne Lichtenwalner, a University of Maine professor, veterinarian and director of UMaine’s Animal Health Laboratory, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for the article, “Turkey shortage across the country could ruffle Thanksgiving plans.” Farmers and grocers around the country have been affected by the highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, that last spring decimated turkey […]
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Mary Ellen Camire, a University of Maine professor of food science and human nutrition and past president of the Institute of Food Technologists, was quoted in a Sun Journal article about the popularity of pumpkin flavor. According to Nielsen, in 2014 Americans spent $361 million on pumpkin-flavored food and drink items. One reason, said Camire, […]
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The Bangor Daily News and WABI (Channel 5) reported on an 800-pound pumpkin named Peanut that was grown by a couple and transplanted in the Bangor Community Garden. The couple planted the seeds on May 1, and is bringing the pumpkin to the Damariscotta Pumpkinfest and Regatta, where it may be made into a boat, […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension is hosting a series of “Preserving the Harvest” workshops from York to Knox counties from October into November. The workshops focus on how to preserve fresh food by fermenting, freezing or canning, according to the article. Kate McCarty, a food preservationist with UMaine Extension, […]
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The Bangor Daily News, WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on the seventh annual Out of the Darkness Community walk held at the University of Maine. The noncompetitive 5K walk through the UMaine campus and surrounding areas was hosted by the UMaine Counseling Center and St. Joseph Healthcare. Funds raised go toward research […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported on the new look for the University of Maine mascot, Bananas T. Bear. The new Bananas made his debut at the football home opener and will be seen in Portland at the Ice Breaker hockey tournament Oct. 9–10, according to the article. “As with every new bear, he’s receiving a […]
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The Boothbay Register and The Maine Edge carried a University of Maine news release on sea slug research by Doug Rasher, a postdoctoral research associate at the Darling Marine Center. Rasher and his team discovered an underwater sea slug has evolved chemical foraging and defense abilities that are functionally identical to those of terrestrial insects, […]
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