The Senior Companion Program is celebrating 40 years of connecting volunteers age 55 and older with community service efforts. Created by the federal government, SCP began in 1974 in 18 communities nationwide. Maine was added in 1978 when then-President Jimmy Carter expanded the program. University of Maine Cooperative Extension became the program’s sponsor in 1981 […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension Maine Harvest for Hunger program had its most successful year in 2014, as more than 300 volunteers donated 240,937 pounds of fresh produce to 104 organizations from York County to Piscataquis County. Since the program’s inception in 1999, volunteers have provided more than 1.8 million pounds of fresh fruits […]
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded the Maine AgrAbility Project a $701,828 grant to continue assisting farmers, loggers and fishermen with disabilities and chronic illnesses so they may remain active in production agriculture. Richard Brzozowski, University of Maine Cooperative Extension specialist and project director, said the grant will fund the project for four more years. […]
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A new geographical and historical interpretation of Maine, from the end of the last ice age to the year 2000, culminates a 15-year scholarly project led by University of Maine researchers. The Historical Atlas of Maine, will debut in two book launch events: Dec. 10, 6–8 p.m., at Osher Map Library at the University of […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in a Mainebiz article about seaweed farming and the expansion of Maine Coast Sea Vegetables, a Down East company that sells sea vegetables as whole foods. According to UMaine’s Maine Sea Grant, there are more than 250 species of sea vegetables in the Gulf of Maine. Although most are […]
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WLBZ (Channel 2) reported on the University of Maine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research (CCAR) in Franklin and its partnership with Acadia Harvest Inc. to develop a startup business of growing yellowtail using land-based aquaculture production. The company, which partnered with CCAR in 2012, now has 16,000 young yellowtail fish that they are growing to […]
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The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has announced the recipients of the CUGR Fall Creative and Academic Achievement Fellowships for 2014–15. The fellowships were developed to enhance and increase undergraduate student involvement in faculty-supervised research, and awarded by the President’s Office. Each fellowship provides a $1,000 award for the student to help […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on aquaculture research at the University of Maine for the report, “Aquaculture in Maine: A look inside.” WABI visited UMaine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research (CCAR), a state-of-the-art business incubation facility and center for aquaculture research, development and demonstration on a 25-acre campus on the shore of Taunton Bay in Franklin, […]
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An economic impact study on Maine’s craft beer industry that was commissioned by the Maine Brewers’ Guild and conducted by two University of Maine economics professors was referenced in the Mainebiz article, “Business is brewing: Craft beer’s national growth is reflected in Maine.” Sean Sullivan, executive director of the Maine Brewers’ Guild, said the study […]
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Andrew Thomas has a bird’s-eye view of the Gulf of Maine from his lab in Aubert Hall at the University of Maine in Orono. The oceanography professor directs the University of Maine Satellite Oceanography Data Lab, which receives daily real-time high-resolution data from NASA’s meteorological satellites. In this Sept. 27, 2014 satellite image of the […]
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