Morning Ag Clips previewed a series of hands-on food preservation workshops offered by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Skowhegan in July and August. The workshops will cover basic techniques for canning and freezing green beans and tomatoes. Fresh produce and jars will be provided, and are covered by the $10 registration fee. The […]
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Anne Lichtenwalner, director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Veterinary Diagnostic Lab, associate professor of animal and veterinary science and extension veterinarian; and Colt Knight, assistant extension professor at UMaine and the state livestock specialist; were recent guests on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show. The show focused on the benefits and challenges of […]
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The Mount Desert Islander previewed a talk by Jessica Miller, a professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Maine and staff clinical ethicist at Eastern Maine Medical Center. Miller’s talk, part of the series “You: A Novel Gene Story” sponsored by the Jesup Memorial Library in Bar Harbor and the […]
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WABI (Channel 5) interviewed Keith Kanoti, manager of the University Forests at the University of Maine, for a report on the development of a beer made with spruce tips. UMaine partnered with local Marsh Island Brewing to develop the brew, echoing a traditional recipe made by the original colonial settlers, according to the report. Marsh […]
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The Adirondack Almanack advanced a lecture by Curt Stager, the Draper-Lussi endowed Chair of Paleoecology and Lake Ecology at Paul Smith’s College and a research associate with the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute. The lecture, titled “Gardens: Weather or Not,” is part of a public meeting of the Adirondack Garden Club at the Crowne […]
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VillageSoup reported Mark Hutton, an associate professor of vegetable crops and extension vegetable specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will help lead a free walk and talk workshop at Goranson Farm in Dresden. The event will focus on the benefits and challenges of low-till farming practices and cover crops in organic vegetable production, […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Clay Kirby, an insect diagnostician with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for an article on a beneficial household arthropod, the centipede. While centipedes can be creepy and startling to some, Kirby insists they are harmless and are actually predators of other pests that could live in your home, including […]
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MedicalXpress carried a University of Maine news release about a study by UMaine researchers on visual acuity and cognitive functioning. The study found that lower visual acuity is linked with lower cognitive function and decline in cognitive functioning over a period of five years, according to the release. Contrary to their hypothesis, the researchers found […]
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The Ellsworth American interviewed David Yarborough, a wild blueberry specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for a report on the production and value of blueberries. Both production and value of the crop declined in 2017 — the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported a drop in production of 33 percent and a drop in […]
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The Bangor Daily News cited a University of Maine Cooperative Extension fact sheet in the article, “10 monsters that dwell in Maine’s waterways.” The article presented different freshwater creatures living in Maine that people might be unfamiliar with, including the fishing spider. The largest spider native to Maine, it hunts by walking over land and […]
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