Morning Ag Clips published a University of Maine Cooperative Extension news release announcing the annual sustainable agriculture twilight tour 4:30–7:30 p.m. July 6, at UMaine’s Rogers Farm in Old Town. Soil health is the theme of this year’s free public event. The tour is designed for farmers, crop advisers and others interested in agricultural production […]
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The Portland Press Herald published an opinion piece by Charles Scontras, a historian and research associate at the University of Maine’s Bureau of Labor Education, titled “We should elevate the status of work in the modern economy.”
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Boothbay Register published a news release announcing the first in a series of public conversations that bring together ceramic art masters, scientists and Mainers working in natural resource-based fields to examine intersections between art and contemporary environmental issues. At 5:30 p.m. July 7 at St. Patrick’s Church in Newcastle, Port Clyde lobsterman Gerry Cushman will […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported the University of Maine and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in Boothbay were awarded two grants totaling $574,000 to fund a joint study of a marine protozoan parasite that infects oysters. The grants were awarded by the National Science Foundation, according to the article. Maine’s U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Colt Knight, a UMaine Extension assistant professor and state livestock specialist, for the article, “What to know before adding backyard goats.” The first thing that someone should consider when adding goats is that — like any other animal — you need to have the time and ability to take […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in the Huffington Post article, “The magical ‘Harry Potter’ college courses for true Ravenclaws at heart.” Many incoming college freshmen for 2017 will have been born after the publication of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,” celebrating 20 years this summer, but the course offerings at universities around the […]
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Soil health is the theme of University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s annual sustainable agriculture twilight tour 4:30–7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 6, at UMaine’s Rogers Farm, 914 Bennoch Road, Old Town. The free public event is designed for farmers, crop advisers and others interested in agricultural production who want to learn more about soil health, including […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in a Washington Post article about many small colleges around the country facing enrollment drops. UMaine, in a state where the number of high school graduates has fallen 9 percent since 2011, offered admission to some out-of-state students at the same price they would have paid to attend their […]
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John Rebar, executive director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with Maine Public for the report, “Fresh Maine law lets municipalities regulate local food production.” Proponents of the food sovereignty law argue that many food-borne illnesses in America are caused by factory farming and food centralization, according to Maine Public. “Years ago there […]
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A HuffPost blog titled “Age is just a number” featured an interview with Len Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging. Kaye is an expert on issues related to aging, including home health care, productive aging, rural practice, family caregiving, controversial issues in aging, and men’s aging, the article states. The author […]
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