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Cooking for the Holidays with your Electric Pressure Cooker (online)

Online

The holidays just got easier because you can prepare some of those classic dishes in an electric pressure cooker. This cook-along webinar will feature pumpkin pie and classic bread stuffing, both made in the electric pressure cooker. Choose which recipe you want to make, shop for and prepare your ingredients ahead of the class, then […]

Money Can Grow on Trees!

University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Oxford County 9 Olson Rd, South Paris, ME, United States

Join Dave Fuller of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in making your own balsam fir and pine swag for the holidays. In this program you’ll learn about tree identification, how to sustainably harvest evergreen tips and a bit about the business of selling swags. This is a fun, hands-on program. Registration is required no […]

Free

Produce Safety Alliance Grower Training – December 1 and 2 (online)

Online

The course will provide a foundation of farm food safety best practices and co-management information, FSMA Produce Safety Rule requirements, and details on how to develop a farm food safety plan. Includes training manual, Produce Safety Alliance (PSA)/Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) course completion certificate. Register here. 

Produce Safety Alliance Grower Training – December 1 and 2 (online)

Online

The course will provide a foundation of farm food safety best practices and co-management information, FSMA Produce Safety Rule requirements, and details on how to develop a farm food safety plan. Includes training manual, Produce Safety Alliance (PSA)/Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) course completion certificate. Register here. 

Gardening Series: Designing for Winter Interest and Wildlife (online)

Online

The best gardens are designed with all seasons in mind. Our experts will help you learn how to design and maintain a landscape to provide winter interest and benefits to wildlife. We’ll explore a variety of trees, shrubs and perennials that contribute interesting bark, flowers and berries to the garden in the winter months, as […]

Winter Care of Small Ruminants (Sheep and Goats) – Dec. 7, Falmouth

UMaine Regional Learning Center 75 Clearwater Drive, Suite 104, Falmouth, ME, United States

Join Dr. Colt W. Knight, UMaine Extension Livestock Specialist, for this workshop on best practices for winter care of small ruminants. In this session participants will learn about housing needs of sheep and goats, the nutritional demands of animals in the winter, differences among feeds, and why a properly balanced ration is crucial to animal […]

Educational Update for the Agricultural Industry via Zoom

Online

A one-hour Zoom meeting will be held to offer updates specific to the agricultural industry. There will be two half-hour presentations by John Jemison, UMaine Cooperative Extension: “Can We Grow Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) Sustainably in Maine” and “Pest Management Considerations with Growing Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.)” One MBPC recertification credit has been approved for […]

Growing Microgreens (webinar)

Microgreens may just be the thing to help keep those New Year’s Resolutions and put a little pep in your meals this winter. Join Pamela Hargest, UMaine Extension Horticulture Professional, […]

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