The Fiddlehead Focus advanced the University of Maine Cooperative Extension food preservation workshops in July in Houlton, Madawaska and Presque Isle. For more information or to request a disability accommodation, contact Sharon Paradis at 834.3905, 1.800.287.1421, sharon.paradis@maine.edu. Registration is online.
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University of Maine 4-H and Maine AgrAbility professionals participated in the WGAN radio podcast Positively Maine with Tory Ryden to discuss the 4-H experience and Maine AgrAbility. They included Dick Brzozowski, food system program administrator with University of Maine Cooperative Extension and project director for Maine AgrAbility; Lisa Phelps, University of Maine Cooperative Extension interim […]
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News Center Maine reported that University of Maine students helped Madison middle school youth learn to fly drones and use innovation to solve real-world problems. A Maine Department of Education EMBRACE (Enabling Maine students to Benefit from Regional and Coordinated approaches to Education) grant funds the SAD 59 STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics) […]
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The Bangor Daily News wrote about the Maine 4-H Foundation raising $4 million to buy the Magic Lantern theater and pub in Bridgton to create the Magic Lantern Innovation Lab and Learning Center. University of Maine Cooperative Extension instructors will lead learning programs for youth ages 5–18 in the western Maine Lakes Region, according to […]
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Morning Ag Clips and Livermore Falls Advertiser ran a University of Maine Cooperative Extension media release about its three-day Food and Drug Administration-recognized food safety certification workshop beginning June 26 in Bangor. More information is on the program website and June 19 is the online registration deadline.
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WABI (Channel 5) and News Center Maine reported on the first Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center (TIDC) Conference, held June 6–7 at the University of Maine. The goal of the event is to share groundbreaking, next-generation research that will positively impact the durability of transportation infrastructure, increase the lifespan of transportation assets, and save money for […]
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Sally Farrell, a 4-H youth development professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was a recent guest on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show. The show’s topic was how young people are getting involved with farming in Maine, including programs and educational efforts aimed at encouraging youth to participate in agriculture.
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Boothbay Register published a Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust news release about Maine Midden Minders, a new initiative working with individuals and conservation groups to develop a database of erosion conditions at shell middens around the state. Based at the University of Maine and funded by Maine Sea Grant, Midden Minders is managed by geoarchaeologist Alice […]
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Daily Bulldog reported the University of Maine Early College program is offering a new outdoor leadership pathway program for western Maine high school students to earn UMaine college credit tuition-free. The outdoor leadership program at UMaine’s 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Bryant Pond focuses on developing an individual’s leadership skills while providing intensive training […]
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The Free Press reported Darien Mizuta, a postdoctoral research associate at the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Laboratory, will speak June 12 at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center in Walpole. The 6 p.m. presentation, “In situ feeding performance for shellfish culture,” will describe how shellfish filtration is affected by local environmental factors such […]
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