Richard Brzozowski, University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator; and Anne Lichtenwalner, assistant professor, UMaine Extension veterinarian and director of the University of Maine Animal Health Laboratory, spoke about the importance of practicing bio-security on homesteads for the latest post in the Portland Press Herald blog “The Root: Dispatches from Maine’s food sources.” The author of […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an opinion piece about the Maine Shared Collections Strategy, a collaborative effort by nine Maine libraries, including the University of Maine’s Fogler Library, to work together to share and preserve resources. The column first appeared in Maine Policy Review, published by UMaine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center.
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on the Clean Sweep Furniture Sale held at the University of Maine. Funds from the sale will support the Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism’s Welcome Weekend Day of Service at the end of August.
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the Clean Sweep Furniture Sale being held at the University of Maine on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 9-10. Lisa Morin, coordinator of the Bodwell Center for Service Volunteerism, spoke about the sale and how the funds will support the center’s Welcome Weekend Day of Service at the end of the […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on a Bowdoin college student’s research on American eels in the Merrymeeting Bay estuary under a fellowship with his professor and Maine’s Sustainability Solutions Initiative. SSI is a partnership between the University of Maine, University of Southern Maine and other higher education institutions that aims to help Maine increase economic […]
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The Sun Journal reported on an outdoor cooking demonstration on how to steam green beans with dressing, which was hosted by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Oxford County and River Valley Health Communities Coalition. Barbara Murphy, Maine Harvest for Hunger coordinator and extension educator in home horticulture and agriculture, said the demonstration was […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on a $5 paddleboarding course offered by the University of Maine’s Maine Bound on the Stillwater River in Orono. Lisa Carter, Maine Bound coordinator, spoke with WABI about the class, which meets at 4:30 p.m. every Tuesday from now until September.
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The fifth annual Backyard Locavore Day hosted by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Cumberland County was previewed in the Portland Press Herald’s Food and Dining Dispatches column. The event is a self-guided tour of multiple gardens in Cumberland County on Saturday, Aug. 10 that is designed to educate people about do-it-yourself strategies for […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Cumberland County will hold the fifth annual Backyard Locavore Day, a self-guided tour of multiple gardens, on Saturday, Aug. 10. Events in Brunswick, Cape Elizabeth, Falmouth, Freeport, North Yarmouth, Portland, South Portland, Windham, Raymond and Yarmouth will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine. Backyard […]
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The fifth annual Backyard Locavore Day hosted by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Cumberland County was previewed in the latest entry of the Portland Press Herald blog “The Root: Dispatches from Maine’s food sources.” The event is a self-guided tour of multiple gardens in Cumberland County on Saturday, Aug. 10, that is designed […]
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