ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension is scheduled to host a virtual wild blueberry conference with 14 biweekly sessions from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 1 through Thursday, March 17. Conference topics include weed, pest and disease management; water use and drought planning; pollinators, production and research updates; marketing and business management; updates […]
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Universities offer webinar on extending growing season
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension plan to offer a webinar for home gardeners about how to extend the growing season. The session is scheduled for 6 to 7:15 p.m. Monday, Feb. 7. “Extending the Gardening Season in New England” includes season-extension strategies ranging from targeted use […]
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UMaine System students who have not received COVID boosters will be tested weekly
The new COVID protocol requirement, announced Monday, will take effect when classes resume Jan. 18.
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UMaine to offer online updates for agriculture industry
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension is scheduled to offer two online updates specific to the agricultural industry ay 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 15. Can We Grow Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) Sustainably in Maine and Pest Management Considerations with Growing Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) will both be presented by UMaine Extension professor John Jemison. […]
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UMaine going viral with lobster video
ORONO — The University of Maine is calling attention to the blue economy conversation and its goal of providing global marine leadership with a light-hearted drive to go viral with a YouTube video promoting the safe handling and consumption of lobster. The featured University of Maine Cooperative Extension video has helped more than 1.8 million […]
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Wabanaki Winter Market returns with in-person shopping, events
ORONO — The Wabanaki Winter Market, a celebration of art created by Wabanaki artists, is scheduled to return with in-person shopping and demonstrations from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 11, at the University of Maine Collins Center for the Arts, 2 Flagstaff Road. This year marks the 27th anniversary of this signature […]
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University extensions to offer winter garden design webinar
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension plan to offer a webinar for home gardeners about winter garden design from 6 to 7:15 p.m. Monday, Dec. 6. Designing for Winter Interest and Wildlife will explore how to design and maintain a landscape that provides visual interest while benefiting […]
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UMaine to host talk on municipal role in implementing state priorities
Maine Municipal Association’s Cathy Conlow and Kate Dufour plan to speak.
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UMaine Extension offers Thanksgiving food safety tips, recipes
ORONO — The University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering numerous resources to help prepare a safe and healthy Thanksgiving meal. The Extension has posted simple healthy recipes at extension.umaine.edu/food-health/recipes that use local Maine produce in main dishes. Mainely Dish recipe videos at extension.umaine.edu/food-health/efnep/recipe-video-series demonstrate a variety of vegetarian recipes or ones that can easily […]
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UMaine center to host talk on storytelling Nov. 22
ORONO — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine is scheduled to host a talk, from 3 to 4 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 22, about how storytelling can inform collaboration and vice versa. Storytelling has been around for as long as human history. While scientists traditionally use storytelling […]