News Center Maine featured potato variety testing at the University of Maine’s Agricultural Research and Development Farm in Presque Isle. The process starts at the UMaine campus in Orono, where potato plants are cross-pollinated in greenhouses, which results in thousands of true potato seeds. After that, researchers and students use those seeds to grow 50,000 […]
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Yanyan Li and Sue Ishaq, researchers in the School of Food and Agriculture at the University of Maine, wrote an article for the Bangor Daily News about looking for healthy adults to participate in a 4-week study to examine the health effects of eating steamed broccoli sprouts. For more information about participating, email yanyan.li@maine.edu or […]
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David Yarborough, professor emeritus of horticulture at the School of Food and Agriculture and emeritus wild blueberry specialist at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke to the Portland Press Herald for an article reporting that the size of Maine’s wild blueberry harvest dropped by 26%, or 27.5 million pounds, in 2022 after hitting a […]
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In an article about Waldoberry Farm in Waldoboro, Lincoln County News noted that owner Sue Simpson developed her traditional medicine recipes with product testing assistance from the University of Maine.
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University of Maine students and faculty of food science and human nutrition were recognized at the Maine Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ annual conference, “Nourishing Nutrition Professionals,” on April 28 in Freeport, Maine. Jade McNamara, assistant professor of human nutrition, received the Outstanding Dietitian of the Year award, and Kayla Parsons, Ph.D. student in food […]
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Food Technology Magazine featured Denise Skonberg, a professor of food science at the University of Maine, in an article about five people who have made an impact on the global food system. Skonberg was recognized for her research that advances the sustainability of seafood and kelp, both by reducing food waste and innovating new products, […]
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WABI-TV (Channel 5 in Bangor) featured the the Innovative Local Foods Cooking Challenge hosted by University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the UMaine School of Food and Agriculture. The 11 Maine high school students who competed were introduced to their market basket, brainstormed ideas and then had an hour and a half to complete their […]
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News Center Maine shared that rows of wild blueberries were planted last week at the University of Maine Wyman’s Wild Blueberry Research and Innovation Center in Old Town to be used for research about the impact of climate change on wild blueberry crops.
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Rob Dumas, food science innovation coordinator at the University of Maine, about selecting alliums for a garden and how to use them in cooking. “In the world of [alliums] there is incredible variety. I am a real onion fanatic,” Dumas said.
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The University of Maine Food Science and Human Nutrition Program’s Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD), which serves the undergraduate students in human nutrition, and the dietetic internship program, serving the graduate students pursuing a dietetic internship, recently underwent re-accreditation. The process involved completing a self-study and a site visit by reviewers that occurred in September […]
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