Registration is open for the Maine Grass Farmers Network’s (MGFN) annual grazing conference 8:30 a.m.–3 p.m. March 23, at Kennebec County Community College’s Alfond Campus on Route 201 in Hinckley. Livestock producers are invited to learn about grass-based production and how grazing systems can be profitable and environmentally sound. Morgan Hartman, managing partner of Black […]
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Editor’s note: Story updated June 3. There are lots of oysters on Josephine Roussell’s plate. A few literally, and many more figuratively. The 2018 University of Maine graduate is a research technician on a team designing a sorter for small-scale oyster growers. Aquaculture already provides more than 50 percent of seafood worldwide, according to the […]
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Kathy Hopkins, a maple syrup expert with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with WABI (Channel 5) about the start of sap season. “You can’t hurry Mother Nature,” Hopkins said. “The sap doesn’t really start to run until the temperatures during the day are 40 or 45, and you need the temperature to go down […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension employees Richard Brzozowski, food system program administrator, and Lani Carlson, Maine AgrAbility coordinator, were recent guests on WGAN’s “Positively Maine” podcast. The show focused on Maine AgrAbility, a project dedicated to informing, educating and assisting farmers, fishermen and forest workers with disabilities so they can continue successful careers in agriculture.
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Penobscot Bay Pilot and The Republican Journal announced summer registration is now open at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast for undergraduate and graduate courses. More than 200 courses are available through the center, both live and online, with topics including basic biology, molecular chemistry, educational leadership, college composition, creative writing, literature for children, […]
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VillageSoup and Morning Ag Clips announced University of Maine Cooperative Extension will partner with Knox-Lincoln Farm Bureau, Union Farm Equipment and Farm Family Insurance to offer a tractor safety course 6–8 p.m. Wednesdays, April 3–24 at Union Farm Equipment. The course is designed for adults and youth at least 14 years of age, and required for […]
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Morning Ag Clips and The Piscataquis Observer previewed a University of Maine Cooperative Extension small ruminant health workshop 1–4 p.m. April 13 at the Foxcroft Large Animal Veterinary Associates (FLAVA) Clinic in Dover-Foxcroft. The second annual workshop will focus on building awareness of disease and learning screening techniques for sheep, goats, alpacas and other small ruminants. […]
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Mainebiz reported the Bangor-based Scratchpad Accelerator, run by University of Maine Business School associate professor of management Jason Harkins and serial entrepreneur Lisa Liberatore, will receive a $150,000 investment from Bangor Savings Bank over three years. The bank was a founding corporate partner of Scratchpad, a seed-stage accelerator business that helps grow startup companies, when […]
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Learn how to extend Maine’s short growing season at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension home and small-scale greenhouse workshop 10 a.m.–noon March 21 at the UMaine Extension Piscataquis County office in Dover-Foxcroft. UMaine Extension ornamental horticulture specialist Matthew Wallhead will lead the workshop. Topics will include technical greenhouse specifications and key control factors, including […]
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Mount Desert Islander spoke with Dana Morse, a University of Maine marine Extension associate with Maine Sea Grant and the Darling Marine Center, for the article “Scallop farming’s future looks bright.” Morse has been a leading proselytizer for scallop aquaculture in Maine, seeking out relatively inexpensive materials for spat (juvenile scallop) collection and grow out, […]
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