The Associated Press, Republican Journal and Morning Ag Clips advanced a free wild blueberry conference hosted by University of Maine Cooperative Extension 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Feb. 28 at the Black Bear Inn. Topics will include management updates on diseases, pollinators and weeds; ideas about precision agriculture, post-harvest quality and blueberry fertility; and insight into food […]
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The Portland Press Herald interviewed Frank Wertheim, an associate extension professor of agriculture/horticulture with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for an article about balancing the positives and negatives of using rock salt to melt ice. Rock salt can reduce the risk of slipping on icy roads and sidewalks, but also can corrode metal and damage […]
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Wiscasset Newspaper reported the Maine Steiners, the University of Maine’s premier male a cappella group, performed Jan. 16 at Wiscasset Middle High School and led a workshop for choral students in grades 4–12. The Steiners, who are mostly nonmusic majors, spoke about performing and demonstrated different techniques, then taught special parts to groups of choral […]
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The Associated Press, Turner Publishing and Morning Ag Clips previewed a University of Maine Cooperative Extension workshop, “Native Bees: Habitats, Threats, and Citizen Science,” from 1–2 p.m. Feb. 13 at the UMaine Extension Oxford County Office in South Paris. Kalyn Bickerman-Martens, a Ph.D. candidate in ecology and environmental sciences at UMaine, will discuss Maine’s native […]
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The Daily Bulldog reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Franklin County Homemakers donated 300 boxes of facial tissues to local school districts. The group’s campaign included a donation kiosk at the local Hannaford supermarket and direct donations from six Franklin County Extension Homemaker groups, the article states. UMaine Extension Homemakers volunteer to support worthy […]
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Capt. Sean Kearns, an officer in the United States Navy, professor of naval science and commanding officer of Naval ROTC at the University of Maine; and Jeffrey Hecker, executive vice president for academic affairs at UMaine; spoke to WVII (Channel 7) about UMaine’s new Pathways to Engineering program. A collaboration between UMaine and NROTC, the […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Kathryn Hopkins, an educator with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for an article about growing saffron, the most expensive spice in the world. Made from hand-picked and dried stigmas of fall crocuses, saffron sells for about $5,000 per pound, the BDN reported. It’s a fairly new crop for Maine, but […]
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Jacquelyn Gill, an assistant professor of paleoecology and plant ecology at the University of Maine, was included in the Grist article, “9 science geeks you need to know.” Gill is an ice age ecologist and host of the climate change podcast “Warm Regards.” One reason she studies the past is that it can inform the […]
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WABI (Channel 5) interviewed the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Erin Roche, a crop insurance education program manager, and David Handley, a vegetable and small fruit specialist, for a report on the 2019 Maine Agricultural Trades Show in Augusta. The report focused on a weather-based crop management tools event at the show. “What we’re really […]
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Courtney Allen, a student at the University of Maine, was a recent guest on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show. The show’s topic was how babies and mothers with opioid addiction are affected and treated, and what lasting effects the phenomenon has on society. Allen is a mother of two, has been drug-free for three […]
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