Richard Brzozowski, University of Maine Cooperative Extension food system program administrator, was mentioned in the Portland Press Herald article, “Locally raised Maine meat is not in short supply,” as part of the “Green Plate Special” column. Analysts with the Reinvestment Fund presented findings of a recent study geared toward optimizing the state’s red meat supply […]
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The latest art installation by Samantha Jones, an adjunct professor of art and Honors College preceptor at the University of Maine, is currently on display at 3S Artspace in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Seacoast Online reported. Jones recruited art students from Blue Hill Harbor School, a small alternative high school, to work with her on the […]
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The Free Press reported the Edward A. Myers Marine Conservation Fund recently donated $2,000 to the K–12 education program at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center in Walpole. The donation is a portion of proceeds from Damariscotta’s annual Pemaquid Oyster Festival. Since the festival’s inception in 2001, it has raised over $125,000, all of […]
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The University of Maine’s Innovative Media Research and Commercialization (IMRC) Center will showcase visiting artists of various mediums, faculty presentations, and performances as part of its spring 2017 artist lecture series. The Tuesdays at the IMRC series provides the university community an opportunity to meet and learn from artists of differing backgrounds who will perform, […]
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The Bangor Daily News, WABI (Channel 5), WVII (Channel 7), Mainebiz, Woodworking Network and The Free Press reported on newly announced federal funding that will help members of the Maine Forest Economy Growth Initiative begin implementing strategies to strengthen and diversify Maine’s valued forest economy. At a press conference in Passadumkeag, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary […]
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WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle) and the Bangor Daily News covered this week’s 32nd annual Maine Potato Conference in Caribou, put on by University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Soil health was a major topic of this year’s presentations, as growers and industry officials from Maine and other states look for ways to improve yields, […]
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Seacoast Online reported registration is open for Beginner Bee School starting Feb. 9 at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, 21 Bradeen St., Springvale. Students will learn the basics of bees, honey and keeping hives in this five-week introductory course, according to the article. Master Beekeeper Larry Peiffer, president of the York County Beekeepers’ Association, […]
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The Maine Discovery Museum is unveiling a sea farming exhibit that uses virtual reality technology and interactivity to bring aquaculture to life. The University of Maine’s Aquaculture Research Institute and Maine EPSCoR Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture Network (SEANET) program provided support for the first dedicated interactive aquaculture exhibit in the country. “It’s perfect timing,” says Trudi […]
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In honor of Martin Luther King Jr., members of the University of Maine community will pack an estimated 40,000 meals for distribution to local food pantries on Jan. 21. The project is a partnership among the UMaine Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism, Honors College and Office of Multicultural Student Life, as well as the […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on a new 4-H club being offered in Franklin County that will teach children the components that go into raising livestock for market. Supper on the Table was formed late last year by two mothers of children involved in 4-H clubs after recognizing there was a need to educate children […]
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