This online professional development program presents an overview of sustainability from a business perspective and a hands-on action planning workshop.
Join the Flowering in the North team for this series of webinars designed to help flower farmers prepare for a successful 2022 season. This 4-session series, held on the evenings […]
This online professional development program presents an overview of sustainability from a business perspective and a hands-on action planning workshop.
Cost: Free, registration required Via Zoom (link provided upon registration) Open to the Public Have recent dry spells and drought got you thinking about adding irrigation to your farm? This online webinar will cover some of the first things farmers should consider when getting started with irrigation. Topics Irrigation equipment options and considerations Assessing whether […]
This workshop will focus on using shared documents with students while having them work in breakout rooms to increase the quality of group work and subsequent class discussions. Additional features of breakout rooms and Zoom will be explored based on interest. Register for this event (opens in a new window)
The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall, UMaine. A Career Q&A for graduate and undergraduate students will follow the talk. Virtual attendance: Complete […]
Registration deadline: 4 p.m. on Feb. 7 We offer our program fee on a sliding scale ($0-10) The growing season is short in New England, but techniques ranging from simple to ambitious can help extend it by weeks, months or even year-round. That could mean being able to grow crops you haven’t been able to […]
Join the Flowering in the North team for this series of webinars designed to help flower farmers prepare for a successful 2022 season. This 4-session series, held on the evenings of Feb. 28 through March 3 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., will include presentations, Q&A, group discussion, and brainstorming opportunities. An additional in-person networking […]
Learn how to go from seed to salary with this course for all beginning farmers of all abilities interested in growing and selling their own farm produce. Using the “5 F’s” of farming risk (Farming, Family, Finances, Fitness, Future) as a guide, participants will acquire the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to successfully grow to […]
This online professional development program presents an overview of sustainability from a business perspective and a hands-on action planning workshop.
Improvements to Fresh Pack Lines for Quality and Food Safety Producing and marketing fresh-pack wild blueberries has numerous challenges including the use of specialized equipment, limited time for product harvest and processing, and issues of shelf-life and shrinkage, just to name a few. Hear from two growers and one food scientist (Dr. Jen Perry) about […]
Join the Flowering in the North team for this series of webinars designed to help flower farmers prepare for a successful 2022 season. This 4-session series, held on the evenings of Feb. 28 through March 3 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., will include presentations, Q&A, group discussion, and brainstorming opportunities. An additional in-person networking […]
This online professional development program presents an overview of sustainability from a business perspective and a hands-on action planning workshop.
Drop by for a casual “learn and connect” BioME Virtual Coffee Hour: Innovation and Insights on Feb. 9 from 10–11 a.m. Hear from Maine life science entrepreneurs, medical device manufacturers, […]
This event will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 9. Speaker: Dr. Patricia Wolf, Ph.D., RD About the Speaker: Dr. Wolf completed her Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences with a focus on […]
Join the Flowering in the North team for this series of webinars designed to help flower farmers prepare for a successful 2022 season. This 4-session series, held on the evenings of Feb. 28 through March 3 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., will include presentations, Q&A, group discussion, and brainstorming opportunities. An additional in-person networking […]
On Wednesday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m., Franco-American Programs presents a talk by Ray Lambert and Megan St. Marie titled "Pain at the Root: Le Grand Dérangement and Our Family History." Although most of their ancestors came to the United States from Québec, father and daughter Raymond A. Lambert and Megan D. Lambert St. Marie […]
This online professional development program presents an overview of sustainability from a business perspective and a hands-on action planning workshop.
Expanding in to Value-Added Products New products and new markets have been arising for a few years now among both large and small scale wild blueberry growers in Maine. This session will feature an organic wine producer, a farm that makes several dried fruit leather products, and a farm that makes dried wild blueberry powder, […]
Honey Bee Diseases and Pests is geared towards beekeepers with a minimum of two years of experience. This two-session class will cover the major pest and disease threats to honey […]
Join the Flowering in the North team for this series of webinars designed to help flower farmers prepare for a successful 2022 season. This 4-session series, held on the evenings […]
This interactive online professional development program will teach you the basics of seeing a grant through a full cycle, from inception to completion. You’ll learn how to get your organization ready to apply for grants, where to find funders and funding opportunities, how to write the components of a grant and how to submit a successful application that has all the information funders want to see.
This online professional development program presents an overview of sustainability from a business perspective and a hands-on action planning workshop.
This event will take place on Friday, Feb. 11. Speaker: Clarissa Henry, Ph.D. Professor, School of Biology and Ecology, Director, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering About the Speaker: The goal […]
This event will take place on Friday, Feb. 11 and alternating Fridays until April 22 at 2 p.m. This is a collaborative, faculty-led, practically-oriented community focusing on fostering equity through developing our syllabi and engaging them meaningfully in class. In Spring 2022, the syllabus working group will focus on developing a sharable “equity starter pack” […]
The School of Biology and Ecology and School of Forest Resources present “Landscape ecology of defoliator outbreaks – unravelling the Gordian knot” with Dr. Brian Sturtevant, USDA Forest Service. Hosted by Andy […]
Join the Flowering in the North team for this series of webinars designed to help flower farmers prepare for a successful 2022 season. This 4-session series, held on the evenings of Feb. 28 through March 3 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., will include presentations, Q&A, group discussion, and brainstorming opportunities. An additional in-person networking […]
This online professional development program presents an overview of sustainability from a business perspective and a hands-on action planning workshop.
Join the Flowering in the North team for this series of webinars designed to help flower farmers prepare for a successful 2022 season. This 4-session series, held on the evenings of Feb. 28 through March 3 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., will include presentations, Q&A, group discussion, and brainstorming opportunities. An additional in-person networking […]