News Center Maine interviewed Chris Howard, program manager of the New Farmers Project with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, on the market for small scale dairy farming. UMaine Extension is using the example of a small dairy farm, Grace Pond Farm, in hopes of encouraging other farmers to get into the dairy business. Howard said […]
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In a story about the Land Back movement and restoration and climate resilience projects conducted by Indigenous communities on land they reclaim, Vox interviewed Jason Brough, a Ph.D. student in anthropology and environmental policy at the University of Maine and tribal member of the Northwestern Band of Shoshone Nation. Brough helped map over 500 acres […]
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The Sun Journal cited a report written by Rebecca Long, coordinator of horticulture programs at University of Maine Cooperative Extension, titled “To Rake or Not to Rake.” Long wrote about the benefits of leaving leaves in the yard for insects and the ecosystem after finding woolly bear caterpillars sheltering in leaves she had just raked.
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The Portland Press Herald interviewed Charles Armstrong, a cranberry associate with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, on the results of the cranberry growing season. Armstrong said Maine’s 20 farms harvested approximately 500,000 pounds of cranberries and now have to navigate high holiday demand. The Sun Journal shared the report.
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News Center Maine, WABI (CBS 5 in Bangor), the Bangor Daily News and Maine Public reported on the groundbreaking ceremony held Nov. 23 in the New Balance Field House and hosted by University of Maine Athletics that highlights updates to Morse Arena and the New Balance Track & Field and Soccer Complex. These projects are […]
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National Fisherman interviewed Joshua Stoll, associate professor of marine policy at the University of Maine, on the disparity in available funding between the seafood sector and terrestrial agriculture. Stoll’s research analyzed grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture from the last six years and found that seafood-related grants made up 0.5% of the total.
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News Center Maine highlighted research led by Lisa Kerr, associate professor in the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences, to develop new tools that will help fisheries respond to climate change. Populations of different species, including Atlantic cod, are impacted by the warming waters in the Gulf of Maine. Research also extends to bluefin […]
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WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) interviewed Sean Birkel, Maine state climatologist, on the drought affecting Maine. Birkel, assistant research professor with the Climate Change Institute and University of Maine Cooperative Extension, said the drought is beginning to affect ground moisture and water well supply, but isn’t yet considered severe. Upcoming precipitation could better prepare […]
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The Portland Press Herald interviewed Angela Mech, assistant professor of forest entomology at the University of Maine, and Adam Daigneault, director of the School of Forest Resources, on the effect of spruce budworms on Maine’s forests. Mech heads a testing lab at UMaine that helps landowners monitor and respond to the presence of budworm larvae […]
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WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) highlighted the attention experts at the University of Maine are putting toward conversations around best practices for artificial intelligence in schools. Sarah Howorth, UMaine associate professor of special education, is exploring how teachers can positively use AI in their classrooms and reminds people that teachers have always used technology […]
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