Chef Rob Dumas, food science innovation coordinator for the University of Maine, is featured in a new video series, “Farm and Sea to School,” produced by the Maine Department of Education. The series is part of a campaign to encourage Maine schools to use fresh, local products in school meal programs. Dumas was one of several experts […]
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Susan Sullivan has been named associate dean for academics of the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture at the University of Maine, succeeding George Criner on Aug. 1. Criner, who served as associate dean for six years, will return to his faculty position following a leave of absence. “Dr. Sullivan has an established record […]
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University of Maine researchers are studying how changes in rainfall patterns caused by climate change could affect strawberries in the Northeast. Principal investigator Rachel Schattman, an assistant professor of sustainable agriculture, and her research team built a precipitation and cropping simulator to assess the effects of four possible rainfall scenarios on strawberries and other specialty […]
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WVII (Channel 7) talked with Rachel Schattman, a University of Maine assistant professor of sustainable agriculture, about the impact of changing rainfall patterns on strawberries in Maine. Morning Ag Clips and Horti Daily also reported on Schattman’s research.
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In a report that traces the path of Maine wild blueberries as they move from the fields to consumers, Down East magazine cited University of Maine research into best practices for cultivation and University of Maine Cooperative Extension outreach to growers for helping the industry thrive.
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WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle) interviewed Jay Hao, an associate professor of plant pathology at the University of Maine, about his project to reduce pathogens in soil by planting rotational crops after potatoes. “Because the tubers stay in the soil, you face a lot of soil borne pathogens,” he said. “That can cause a […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Anne Lichtenwalner, director of the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at the University of Maine, about the exploding number of ticks this year and their impact on livestock. The story also cited UMaine Tick Lab reports of alpha-gal syndrome, a human allergy to red meat developed after being bitten by a […]
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Kathleen Savoie, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator, and Rob Dumas, food science innovation coordinator and pilot plant manager, spoke with the Bangor Daily News about how to make quick pickles. Unlike standard fermented pickles, quick pickles, also known as refrigerator or quick process pickles, are made “using acetic acid from vinegar” instead of […]
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The Bangor Daily News shared a University of Maine news release highlighting a community-based participatory research (CBPR) project led by Jade McNamara, an assistant professor of human nutrition at UMaine. The project, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, will involve creating a course to teach students […]
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News Center Maine cited efforts by University of Maine researchers to develop new potato varieties in a story about the impact of drought on Maine’s potato industry.
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