Morning Ag Clips and Daily Bulldog promoted a series of gardening webinars to be hosted by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. The webinars will offer information, practical knowledge and insights for gardeners of all levels. They will focus on backyard food growing in Maine, including cranberries, blueberries and potatoes, and feature expert speakers from […]
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Gardening, hunting, fishing, foraging and maintaining backyard poultry and livestock increased in rural New England during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. A new study found that these activities, collectively known as home and wild food production, reduced hunger among households during that period. Researchers from the University of Vermont and University of Maine […]
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Earth.com, Medical Xpress, Farms.com, The Week, Morning Ag Clips and PBS Connecticut promoted new research conducted by University of Vermont and University of Maine researchers on food insecurity. A major take-away from the study was that individuals who were newly food insecure during the pandemic seemed to be best at recovering from food insecurity with […]
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Spud Smart highlighted a variant of potato from the University of Maine potato breeding program, AF5819-2, in the 2024 New Potato Varieties Catalog for Canada. This variety of potato is round and yields a lot of growth. It has resistance to shatter bruising, pink rot and soft rot.
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Mainebiz interviewed two faculty members from the University of Maine regarding the Academie Culinaire de France meeting at the Institute for Culinary Education in New York City on Saturday, Feb. 3, where a team showcased Maine sea scallops. The aquaculture lead and senior program manager for University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Dana Morse, attended the […]
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Spudman interviewed Mario Murad Leite Andrade, University of Maine assistant professor of potato breeding and genetics, on the potato breeding program at UMaine and drought tolerance. Andrade said students in the program conduct trials without irrigation to select cultivars naturally more resistant to water stress.
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Lily Calderwood, wild blueberry specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, discussed Eastern field pansies with the Portland Press Herald for a recent “Maine Gardner” column. The plant is considered a weed, but is also attractive to pollinators, says Calderwood, also an assistant professor of horticulture with UMaine’s School of Food and Agriculture.
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The Boston Globe, Spectrum News, WABI (Channel 5), WVII (Channel 7) and the Bangor Daily News highlighted a new collaborative project between Rhode Island-based seafood company The Town Dock and the University of Maine to devise new frozen food products that can be created from squid fins. Squid has become a popular menu item in […]
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The County featured the new head of the University of Maine’s potato breeding program, Mario Andrade, who took over after Greg Porter retired in late 2023. “I was very fortunate when I started the job that UMaine has this project ongoing,” said Andrade, assistant professor of potato breeding and genetics. “Greg Porter had amazing success […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on the retirement and legacy of Greg Porter, a potato breeding pioneer who worked at the University of Maine for nearly four decades, most recently as a professor of agronomy, crop ecology and management. Porter is most known for his collaboration with the Maine Potato Board on releasing the Caribou […]
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