TIME magazine cited statistics from the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine in an article on a cotton candy-colored lobster caught off the coast of Grand Manan Island in New Brunswick last November. The likelihood of catching a two-toned lobster is 50 in 1 million, and the odds of catching an albino lobster are […]
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The Daily Bulldog reported that members of the Maine 4-H program in Franklin County competed in a dairy judging event April 15. Maine 4-H is the youth development program of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, the report states. The members judged different breeds of dairy cows at the event, held at Silver Valley Farm […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Clay Kirby, an associate scientist and insect diagnostician with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for an article on June bugs. The insects are common in the summer, to the dismay of many, but Kirby explained that they are really nothing to worry about. Since there are several species in […]
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VillageSoup previewed an educational seminar and launch event for ScrapDogs Community Compost, citing research from the University of Maine. The 2011 UMaine report stated that about 39 percent of Maine’s waste is organic and can be composted rather than being incinerated or sent to landfills. For communities that pay to have their waste removed, installing […]
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An article in the Sun Journal about a watershed study through the Androscoggin Watershed Council quoted Norman Greenberg, a professional educator at the University of Maine 4-H Camp & Learning Center at Bryant Pond and an instructor at Telstar Freshman Academy at Telstar High School. The study is a collaboration between Jeff Stern, a fisheries […]
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Central Maine advanced the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s annual sustainable agriculture field day tour. The free event is aimed at farmers, crop advisers and others interested in agricultural production, with a focus on small grains, potatoes, soybeans and crop modeling, and will take place from 4:30–7:30 p.m. June 27 at UMaine’s Rogers Farm at […]
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The Ellsworth American adapted a University of Maine news release on grants for Down East aquaculture research. The grants from Maine EPSCoR’s Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture Network (SEANET) will fund two projects in Washington County to investigate the effects of environmental change and management policies on Atlantic sea scallops and soft-shell clams. SEANET’s goal is to […]
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The Bangor Daily News previewed the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s “Cooking for Crowds–Food Safety Training for Volunteer Cooks” workshop. The workshop will focus on up-to-date information on how to handle, transport, store and prepare foods safely for large group functions, and is $15 per person. It will be held at the UMaine Extension office […]
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The Boston Globe interviewed Gregory Porter, a professor of plant, soil, and environmental sciences, as well as agronomy at the University of Maine, about his experiences in the potato business and his recent release of a new potato variety. Porter works on Aroostook Research Farm in Presque Isle, Maine, researching and breeding potatoes. He was […]
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Maine Public interviewed Mark Brewer, a professor of political science at the University of Maine, for a report on polling in primary elections. Primary polling has always been difficult and not an effective measure of the election outcome because of low voter turnout. But new ranked-choice voting laws complicate this even more, the report states. […]
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