Got a great design idea for a poultry coop? The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Poultry Growers Association (MPGA) are accepting entries for the 2015 Maine Poultry Coop Contest until Saturday, Nov. 1. The contest is to recognize poultry keepers — hobbyists and farmers from Maine — who have valuable and creative ideas […]
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University of Maine professor George Markowsky will present a talk about cybersecurity at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28, at the Margaret Chase Smith Library. The talk is the library’s Ada E. Leeke Lecture on International Affairs. Markowsky is a professor of computer science and cooperating professor in the School of Policy and International Affairs. The […]
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The Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel carried the announcement about the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Maine’s Poultry Coop Contest. Nov. 1 is the deadline for entries for the contest, which seeks to recognize poultry keepers who have creative ideas for coop use and design.
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering a two-part workshop on pasture and forage management 4:30–6:30 p.m., Oct. 15, at Aldermere Farm, 70 Russell Ave., Rockport, and 5:30–7:30 p.m., Oct. 22, at the UMaine Extension office, 377 Manktown Road, Waldoboro. Cost is $20 for the workshop, which is for people who manage forage or pasture […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a course designed for educators and others interested in creating and maintaining school gardens. The class meets 4:30–7 p.m. Oct. 21, Oct. 28, Nov. 4, Nov. 18, Nov. 25 and Dec. 2, at South Berwick Central School, 197 Main St., South Berwick. Each class will focus on a […]
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“Rockets to the Rescue!” is the theme of the 4-H Science Saturday workshop from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Oct. 25, at the University of Maine Foster Center for Student Innovation and Emera Astronomy Center. In light of recent disasters such as Typhoon Haiyan, participants will be challenged to design and build an aerodynamic food […]
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Sarah Redmond, a marine extension agent for Maine Sea Grant at the University of Maine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research, was featured in an MSNBC Originals video about beer made with seaweed at the Marshall Wharf Brewing Co. in Belfast, Maine. When Marshall Wharf first considered brewing a beer with seaweed, Redmond provided the company […]
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Wanda Cunningham, an administrative specialist at the University of Maine Counseling Center, shared her personal story about suicide with WABI (Channel 5) ahead of the sixth annual Out of the Darkness Community Walk on Oct. 5 that she helped organize. The event is hosted by the UMaine Counseling Center and St. Joseph Healthcare, in conjunction […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host the 7th annual Mitchell Lecture on Sustainability Oct. 2 with a talk by Harvard University’s William Clark of the John F. Kennedy School of Government. Sen. George J. Mitchell and UMaine President Susan Hunter are scheduled to make remarks. […]
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“Building Sustainable Communities: International, National and Local Perspectives” is the theme of the 11th annual ESTIA conference to be held Oct. 24–25 at the University of Maine. The goal of this year’s conference is to inform the UMaine community about international, national and local efforts in sustainability and peace by emphasizing the importance of ethics […]
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