With spring’s arrival, University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering farm and tractor safety classes in cooperation with equipment dealers throughout the state. Originally designed for teenagers to learn how to operate farm equipment as part of their employment, the program now includes instruction for beginning farmers and new tractor owners who want to learn […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer multiple training sessions to those interested in identifying and recording seasonal changes in their communities in support of understanding Maine’s changing climate. Volunteers of all ages are invited to become citizen scientists through trainings offered around the state between now and the end of June. New this year, […]
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The Maine Center for Research in STEM Education (RiSE Center) at the University of Maine has been awarded more than $1.9 million from the National Science Foundation to create a model NSF Teaching Fellowship Program to improve STEM teacher recruitment, preparation, professional development and retention in rural high-need schools. This grant builds on the infrastructure […]
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The University of Maine recognized 2,216 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the fall 2015 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 1,665 are from Maine, 468 are from 30 other states and 83 are from 25 countries other than the U.S. Listed below are students who received Dean’s List honors for […]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe7SwvL3wPQ&feature=youtu.be Transcript The University of Maine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research (CCAR) is a leading resource for startups and established companies in aquaculture. Located on Taunton Bay in Franklin, Maine, CCAR’s extensive facility houses a variety of fish hatcheries and aquaculture business incubators where entrepreneurs can get help with their business plans, secure investment capital, […]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA88taItJLc&feature=youtu.be Transcript Tom St. Claire’s specialty is designing and manufacturing unique items out of plastic. As the owner of Sullivan Plastic Products in Sullivan, Maine, St. Claire is skilled at customizing rugged, durable products from high-density polyethylene (HDPE). Originally, the Down East company’s clients were fisherman in need of custom-built lobster tanks and bait boxes […]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNsU6LhJmG8&feature=youtu.be Transcript For 18 years, Jeff Walls of Stockton Springs has been on a mission to find a viable way to farm in Maine year-round. His solution? To farm using a method called organiponics. Organiponics combines gardening with hydroponics, a method of growing plants in water without soil. In Walls’ system, waste from rainbow trout […]
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https://youtu.be/eEaSZmurmoA Transcript One of the most advanced marine fish hatcheries in the country is the University of Maine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research (CCAR). Located on Taunton Bay in Franklin, Maine, CCAR’s extensive facilities house aquatic hatcheries, with warm and cold water fish populations (brood stock). The center hosts several aquaculture business incubators, where entrepreneurs […]
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Writers inspired by the nature, fisheries and coastal heritage of Maine and beyond are encouraged to submit their work to “The Catch: Writings from Downeast Maine.” Submissions of poetry, fiction, essay and other prose will be accepted through December for publication in late spring 2016. The journal is entering its fourth year of publication. Created […]
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Acadia Harvest Inc. has been awarded a $744,000 National Science Foundation grant to continue developing innovative fish feeds for its land-based aquaculture business. This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant. In 2013, AHI secured a Phase I award of $270,000 from NSF for the same aquafeed project. Acadia Harvest formed in […]
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