The Piscataquis Observer reported on a food fermentation program and brewery tour 5–8 p.m. Oct. 22 at Bissell Brothers Three Rivers in Milo. The event is sponsored by the Piscataquis County Extension Association, University of Maine School of Food and Agriculture and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Brian Perkins, an assistant research professor in […]
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Raising awareness of the impact of farming practices and food processing on human health is the focus of a day-long conference Oct. 19 at the University of Maine, organized by the Maine chapter of the Fulbright Association. “From Farm to Healthy Body: A Sustainable Model for the Planet and the Individual” will be held from […]
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University of Maine professor Ivan Fernandez has been appointed to serve on the Maine Climate Council, and will serve as co-chair of the Science and Technical Subcommittee. Numerous other experts from UMaine and University of Maine at Machias have been invited to serve on the Science and Technical Subcommittee, as well as working groups. Climate […]
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University of Maine experts Mark Hutton, Ellen Mallory and Lily Calderwood were interviewed for the Portland Press Herald article “As Maine’s climate warms, what’s on the menu likely will change.” Dramatic fluctuations in temperatures and rainfall, increasingly acidic oceans, new plant and shellfish diseases and insect pests may challenge what farmers can grow in Maine […]
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Frank Drummond, a professor of insect ecology and insect pest management at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Associated Press article, “Pesticide criticized in bee deaths could also kill birds.” Researchers with the University of Saskatchewan studying a widely used pesticide said even small doses of the chemical can have crippling health effects […]
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Renae Moran, an associate professor of pomology at the University of Maine and a fruit tree specialist with UMaine Cooperative Extension, was quoted in the Kennebec Journal article “Apple-picking season begins — ready or not.” As orchards around Maine marked the start of the apple-picking season, experts said crops may need some time to catch […]
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Medical Xpress published a University of Maine news release about a new study that found a majority of online recipes for home canning salsa lack adequate food safety standards. The study, led by University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor Kathy Savoie and Jen Perry, an assistant professor of food microbiology, examined 56 recipes for home […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and data provided by a UMaine Ph.D. candidate were mentioned in The Franklin Journal article, “Maine pollinators need more flowers.” Maine is home to 278 native species of pollinators, the article states. By some estimates, up to 40 percent of invertebrates including pollinators are at risk, according to Eric […]
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WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) spoke with Renae Moran, an associate professor of pomology at the University of Maine and a fruit tree specialist with UMaine Cooperative Extension, for a report about growing peaches in Maine. While it has been a good year for Maine peach growers, many varieties don’t handle the winters very well, […]
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Ellen Mallory, a sustainable agriculture professor with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and in the UMaine School of Food and Agriculture, was quoted in a Portland Press Herald article about whether yellow field peas could be a viable crop for Maine. The yellow field pea has become a hot commodity, fueled by the growth […]
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