The Bangor Daily News, Morning Ag Clips, Daily Bulldog and WAGM/WWPI (Channels 8 and 16 in Presque Isle) shared that the University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H was recently awarded $6.5 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative to nurture future leaders of northern New England’s food system. The new program, […]
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Strawberry jam, pickles and salsa — all of these foods can be made from scratch with fruits and vegetables grown in the home garden. Join University of Maine Cooperative Extension staff and volunteers in an interactive program that teaches youth ages 9 and up how to grow and preserve the garden’s harvest 9–11 a.m. every […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H was recently awarded $6.5 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) to nurture future leaders of northern New England’s food system. The new program, called “Oh Yea! 4-H Grows True Leaders,” will provide experiential learning, practical knowledge and life skill development to hundreds […]
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The Bangor Daily News shared information about a University of Maine Cooperative Extension program that teaches youth ages 9 and up how to grow and preserve the garden’s harvest 9–11 a.m. every Thursday from July 20 to Aug. 17. Register on the program webpage.
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The Sun Journal and CentralMaine.com shared that University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H plans to offer its hands-on virtual summer learning series from July 5 through Aug. 5. The series presents more than 20 workshops on a wide variety of topics arts and crafts, food and nutrition, STEM, marine science and aquaculture, animal science and […]
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More K–12 students and educators in Maine are set to benefit from stronger social, emotional and behavioral supports thanks to Maine PBIS, a collaboration between the University of Maine System and Maine Department Education, which is adding 21 new schools to its professional development cohort. The schools, which will participate in the initiative over the […]
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In an article about Regional School Unit 74 in North Anson, Maine launching a high altitude balloon for a school-wide STEAM project, the Daily Bulldog noted that the University of Maine High Altitude Ballooning program assisted in the effort. The program supports teachers by launching payloads for experiments aboard a high altitude balloon up to […]
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The Bangor Daily News and Daily Bulldog shared that the University of Maine Early College Program, in partnership with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will offer a four-credit summer program in outdoor leadership for high school students at the 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Greenland Point. More information about the outdoor leadership program is […]
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The University of Maine Early College Program, in partnership with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will offer a four-credit summer program in outdoor leadership for high school students at the 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Greenland Point in Princeton, Maine. The 10-day intensive program will run August 7–16. Students will learn foundational knowledge and […]
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News Center Maine, Bangor Daily News, Morning Ag Clips, the Advertiser Democrat and the Daily Bulldog featured University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s 4-H Tick Project, a community science program open to K–12 students to learn about the life cycle of ticks, habitats, species, the pathogens they transmit and how tick migration is tied to climate […]
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