Ellen Mallory, sustainable agriculture extension specialist at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine director of the Northern New England Local Bread Wheat Project, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for the article “How Skowhegan became Maine’s new bread basket” after the annual Kneading Conference was held in Skowhegan. Mallory spoke about the need […]
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Maine and New Hampshire EPSCoR receive $6 million to address health of coastal ecosystem.
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A Morning Sentinel article previewing this week’s Kneading Conference and Artisan Bread Fair in Skowhegan mentioned Ellen Mallory, University of Maine sustainable agriculture extension specialist and Maine director of the Northern New England Local Bread Wheat Project. Mallory is expected to give a presentation on the regional project and its goal to help farmers increase […]
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Older Mainers discover new role in community after joining Boomer Reporting Corps.
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Mainebiz reported Terry Porter, an associate professor in the Maine Business School at the University of Maine, has won a Fulbright Scholarship to research how and why businesses adopt sustainability practices. Porter will conduct her research at Cardiff University in the United Kingdom in spring 2014.
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Final group videos by student teams in the Upward Bound Math Science Summer Program will be presented from 8–11 a.m., July 26, Woolley Room, Doris Twitchell Allen Village. The high school students gained hands-on experience working with UMaine graduate students or faculty planning and designing sustainability solutions. This summer, those sustainability solutions included designing safe, […]
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Terry Porter’s research will focus on the social processes of sustainability adoption in business.
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WVII (Channel 7) reported Bangor-area middle school students have been learning about transportation and design as part of the sixth annual Maine Summer Transportation Institute at the University of Maine. Students have taken part in several hands-on experiments during the two-week camp.
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Tri-Town Weekly carried an article previewing the fifth annual Backyard Locavore Day. The self-guided tour of several gardens in Cumberland County will be hosted by University of Maine Cooperative Extension on Saturday, Aug. 10.
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The Kennebec Journal and Associated Press reported on a new project by the University of Maine, Penobscot Nation and American Philosophical Society to compile and publish the first comprehensive printed Penobscot dictionary. The San Francisco Chronicle and WABI (Channel 5) were among news organizations to carry the AP report.
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