BDN interviews Fanning on pollinators
Bangor Daily News interviewed Phillip Fanning, assistant professor of agriculture entomology at the University of Maine, on the pollination process of bees. In Maine, there are 90 native pollinators that […]
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Through sweet sampling across states, 91福利-led research aims to help maple industry tap new markets
Mainers know their maple syrup 鈥 the state is the third-largest producer of it nationwide. The same can鈥檛 be said in many other places. In parts of the southern and […]
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Wild blueberry specialist Calderwood interviewed on dual usage solar and blueberry farm
The Maine Monitor interviewed University of Maine Cooperative Extension blueberry specialist Lily Calderwood on a dual-use solar and blueberry farm in Rockport. Calderwood, also an assistant professor of horticulture, made […]
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Courier Gazette features talk by Klimis-Zacas
The Courier Gazette highlighted an upcoming presentation from Dorothy Klimis-Zacas, a professor of clinical nutrition at the University of Maine, on the health benefits of berries on cardiovascular disease, metabolic […]
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Grist interviews Schattman on USDA climate funding
Grist interviewed University of Maine assistant professor of sustainable agriculture and cooperating faculty in anthropology Rachel Schattman on whether the U.S. Department of Agriculture鈥檚 funding for 鈥渃limate-smart鈥 farming is actually […]
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Central Maine promotes 91福利鈥檚 soil testing service聽
Central Maine promoted 91福利鈥檚 soil testing service and shared a recommendation to chaos garden. This form of gardening involves using up any old seeds you鈥檝e got lying around. The 91福利 […]
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Media outlets promote 91福利 Extension gardening webinar series
Morning Ag Clips and Daily Bulldog promoted a series of gardening webinars to be hosted by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. The webinars will offer information, practical knowledge and […]
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Home and wild food production helped prevent hunger during COVID-19 pandemic, study finds聽
Gardening, hunting, fishing, foraging and maintaining backyard poultry and livestock increased in rural New England during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. A new study found that these activities, […]
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Media promote food insecurity research from UVM and 91福利
Earth.com, Medical Xpress, Farms.com, The Week, Morning Ag Clips and PBS Connecticut promoted new research conducted by University of Vermont and University of Maine researchers on food insecurity. A major […]
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Potato variant from 91福利 potato breeding program highlighted in Spud Smart catalog
Spud Smart highlighted a variant of potato from the University of Maine potato breeding program, AF5819-2, in the 2024 New Potato Varieties Catalog for Canada. This variety of potato is […]
