This annual meeting gives attendees an opportunity to learn about specific topics that may benefit the dairy industry. This event is a collaboration between the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, the University of Vermont, and the University of New Hampshire. Topics for this year’s event will include: -Biosecurity goals, returning and new livestock. -Basic biosecurity […]
Learn to make your own home canned pickles with University of Maine Cooperative Extension staff and Master Food Preserver volunteers. We will learn how to safely preserve pickled green beans using the boiling water bath method. Participants will receive recipes and a jar of pickles. Please bring a potholder with you to class. This workshop […]
Dr. Jaime Garzon, University of Maine Cooperative Extension forage specialist, will lead five pasture walks in five counties in Maine each year. Come to meet and learn about the production […]
Learn to make your own home canned pickles with University of Maine Cooperative Extension staff and Master Food Preserver volunteers. We will learn how to safely preserve pickled green beans using the boiling water bath method. Participants will receive recipes and a jar of pickles. Please bring a potholder with you to class. This workshop […]
University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering a new free Equine Speaker series to share new research, novel management practices, and solutions to common challenges with our equine companions. The theme for summer 2024 is “Pasture and System Management for Healthier Horses.” To register, click here. "Pasture Management and Horses: The What, the When and […]
Dr. Jaime Garzon, University of Maine Cooperative Extension forage specialist, will lead five pasture walks in five counties in Maine each year. Come to meet and learn about the production system and forage management of forage producers, identify forage species in the field, learn about climate-smart practices, regenerative grazing, and more. We welcome local farmers […]
Learn to make your own home canned salsa with University of Maine Cooperative Extension staff and Master Food Preserver volunteers. We will learn how to safely preserve tomato salsa using the boiling water bath method. Participants will receive recipes and a jar of salsa. Please bring a potholder with you to class. This workshop will […]
Join UMaine Extension staff and Master Gardener Volunteers for a family-friendly morning in the Gardens at Tidewater Farm! Come experience the gardens, learn about Extension’s work, ask gardening questions and participate in hands-on demonstrations beginning at 10:30 a.m. Hands-on demonstrations will focus around cultivation practices that will keep your garden healthy, productive and looking fresh […]
Please join the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Natural Resource and Conservation Service (NRCS) and State partners Maine Natural Areas Program (MNAP) and Maine Forest Service (MFS) for an Invasive […]
Dr. Jaime Garzon, University of Maine Cooperative Extension forage specialist, will lead five pasture walks in five counties in Maine each year. Come to meet and learn about the production system and forage management of forage producers, identify forage species in the field, learn about climate-smart practices, regenerative grazing, and more. We welcome local farmers […]
We will join Veggies to Table’s Farmer-Executive Director Erica Berman for a tour of the farm with a specific focus on cut flower tips and tricks including dahlia production. Come with your questions about growing flowers in Maine, CSAs, and pop-ups. This is a great opportunity for new farmers to learn about the types of […]
Support Tanglewood and Blueberry Cove by joining Midcoast Maine’s 13th annual half marathon on August 25, 2024, at 7:30 AM. Registration is $95 — all proceeds go directly to supporting […]
Please join the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Natural Resource and Conservation Service (NRCS) and State partners Maine Natural Areas Program (MNAP) and Maine Forest Service (MFS) for an Invasive Plant Educational Workshop. Participants will learn about Invasive plant biology, ecological impacts, identification, fundamental concepts of invasive plant management and related state and federal programs […]
Come join UMaine Extension and the Maine New Farmers Project at Grace Pond Farm in Thomaston, Maine for a farm visit about raising poultry and dairy cows with Grace Pond Farm’s Rhiannon Hampson. Rhiannon and her husband, Gregg, own and operate Grace Pond Farm, a small, diversified, organically certified livestock and dairy farm in Thomaston, […]
Learn to make your own home canned salsa with University of Maine Cooperative Extension staff and Master Food Preserver volunteers. We will learn how to safely preserve tomato salsa using the boiling water bath method. Participants will receive recipes and a jar of salsa. Please bring a potholder with you to class. This workshop will […]
