UNION — The Union Fair - Maine Wild Blueberry Festival is bringing back the long tradition of the Maine Wild Blueberry Queen in 2022.
The Maine Wild Blueberry Queen Competition will be…
Agriculture
many big changes to the pageant Program
AUGUSTA — The Legislature’s Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Committee voted Thursday in favor of LD 2013, “An Act Relating to Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Contamination in…
AUGUSTA — An affirmative vote Wednesday from the Maine Legislature's Environment and Natural Resources Committee has advanced LD 2018, a bill to implement recommendations regarding the inclusion…
Waldo County Soil & Water Conservation District’s (the District) plant sale is up and running, according to the District, in a news release.
This year, the District will hold its Plant…
ORONO — For Maine farmers who must comply with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), or who want to hone their food safety skills, the University of…
The Downeast Trout Unlimited March 16, 2022 meeting will hear from Greg Burr regarding Landlocked Salmon Conservation in Downeast Maine. The meeting begins at 5:30 p.m., via Zoom.
Burr is…
AUGUSTA — The Mills Administration has announced two calls for proposals through the Lands for Maine's Future Program (LMF). The requests are for working farmland and working forest proposals and…
ORONO — The Maine Climate and Agriculture Network is offering a three-webinar series about climate change and agriculture on March 22, March 28 and April 14. Each webinar will…
CAMDEN — In partnership with the town of Camden and the Camden Garden Club, the annual Shade Tree Planting Program continues for the 54th year, helping to keep Camden lined with beautiful…
Pre-order deadline is May 6
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District (KLSWCD) is once again sponsoring an annual trout stocking sale for your home or farm pond. KLSWCD offers two sizes, 4-6” rainbow trout and 7-9…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD), in cooperation with Maine Resource and Recovery Association, is again offering local residents the opportunity to improve soil and…
The United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a non-commercial backyard…
WATERVILLE — University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Dairy Industry Association (MDIA) will host an in-person conference from 9 a.m. to 3:15…
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a four-session online introductory accounting workshop for farms and agricultural businesses…
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host an eight-session series online for Maine farming, fishing or forestry producers ages 20–35 who…
Elizabeth Eaton is one of two Maine 4-H alumni selected to represent National 4-H during the 2022 National Agriculture Day Training, which is part of the National Agriculture Day Student…
The Universities of Maine and New Hampshire Cooperative Extension programs have joined forces to help produce farmers start or improve their Farm Food Safety Planning with Jumpstart to Farm Food…
BELFAST — This winter, the Belfast Garden Club Evening Lecture Series co-sponsored by the All of Belfast Climate Dialogues, a project of the Belfast Free Library, will focus on the effects of the…
AUGUSTA — The Legislature’s Environment and Natural Resources Committee voted unanimously this week to advance a bill sponsored by Rep. Stanley Paige Zeigler, D-Montville, that would address per-…
application deadline Monday, March 7
ROCKPORT — Maine Coast Heritage Trust, a state-wide land conservation organization, is offering teens ages 14-18 paid internships through the Teen Ag Crew program at Erickson Fields Preserve (164…
Graduating seniors from Maine high schools who are National FFA (Future Farmers of America) Organization members and interested in pursuing a career in farming, agriculture, or natural resources…
Follow the Four R’s to Knock Out Browntail Moth
AUGUSTA — February 2022 has been recognized as Browntail Moth Awareness Month in Maine to encourage people to take advantage of the dormant season of the insect and join together to reduce impacts…
ALNA — Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District is collaborating with Midcoast Conservancy to offer a program on pruning techniques needed to keep your apple trees productive, on…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H will offer an online workshop for youth ages 12–18 years about marshlands and climate change, Wednesday, Feb. 23, from 1:30 – 2:45 p.m.
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14 biweekly sessions
University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host a virtual wild blueberry conference with 14 biweekly sessions Feb. 1 – March 17, from 4 – 6 p.m.
Conference topics include weed, pest…
AUGUSTA — Rep. Stanley Paige Zeigler, D-Montville, introduced a bill before the Legislature’s Environment and Natural Resources Committee that would address per-and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS)…
On an overcast afternoon in early July, Michael Dennett drove to a paddock near midcoast Maine to check on his sheep. They’d been there for a couple of days, and it was almost time to move them to…
local governments, municipalities, educational institutions, and nonprofits
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry's Maine Forest Service (MFS) Project Canopy community forestry program will award up to $175,000 in grants to local…
Local Agricultural Production, Create Jobs, Support Local Food Production, Benefit Rural Maine Communities
During a virtual workshop held by the Maine Agricultural Trades Show, January 12, 2022, USDA Rural Development State Director Rhiannon C. Hampson announced that ten Maine agricultural producers…
BELFAST— This winter, the Belfast Garden Club Evening Lecture Series co-sponsored by the All of Belfast Climate Dialogues, a project of the Belfast Free Library, will focus on the effects of the…
BROOKS—As Marsh River Cooperative’s manager Matthew McKillop will tell you, “You’d be surprised to know there’s a lot going on in Brooks.”
A tiny town in Waldo County with a population of…
ORONO — The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension will offer a webinar for home gardeners about…
ORONO— The University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer an online workshop about best practices for winter care of equines from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. on…
From Washington, D.C.
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree has announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded a $500,000 grant to…
ST. GEORGE — The St. George Conservation Commission has been awarded a Recreational Trails Program (RTP) grant in the amount of $120,000 for the Fort Point Trail Rehabilitation Project.
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ROCKLAND — As part of the Mills Administration's …
birds, deer, furbearers, moose
From focused harvest data to research and management updates, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife's Research and Management Report has released its comprehensive look at how wildlife…
report tree conditions, varieties, stumps; solicit locations for new trees
Tree Volunteers for Camden, a group of Camden citizens, are moving forward with an initiative to repopulate the town with trees, and increase the number of trees planted annually. The group is…
LINCOLNVILLE — Several volunteers helped with brush work on Cameron Mountain, Saturday, Dec 4, 2021. This was part of an ongoing effort to maintain the fields so they don’t get lost and keep the…
remaining wild woodland
WALDOBORO — On November 15, Midcoast Conservancy accepted a donation of the 51.7 acre Goose River Woodland Preserve, in Waldoboro, from Luther Black.
“This land was given to me for the…
Maine’s only native true rabbit
The New England cottontail (NEC) is Maine’s only native true rabbit, and was once common in southern Maine, according to Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, in a news release.…
by serving rural schools across Maine, thousands of students and families can soon improve nutritional health and knowledge of agriculture
ORONO — A new Maine Farm to School Institute for rural middle and high schools will focus on promoting and sourcing local food, and educating students about what they eat.
The U.S.…
7,600 farms in Maine, and all getting more resourceful
HOPE – The blueberry barrens were abuzz Monday afternoon at Brodis Blueberries with a visit from Governor Janet Mills to announce the state is using $20 million in federal relief funds to directly…
Glenda Pereira has been named assistant Extension professor and statewide dairy specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension. She also is an assistant professor of animal science with…
for youth ages 8 - 19
University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H will offer an online information session on the Maine 4-H chapter of the Wildlife Habitat Education Program (WHEP) Tuesday, Oct. 26, from 6:30 - 7:30…
earn pesticide recertification credit and CCA credit
University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer two research updates for the agricultural industry online Wednesday, Oct. 13, from 7 – 8 p.m.
“Potato Virus Y (PVY) and the 2020…
October is Firewood Awareness Month
In recognition of October being Firewood Awareness Month, the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry asks: what's in your firewood? Maybe the next threat to…
A new $10 million grant will bolster research into algae-based feed supplements that could increase environmental sustainability in the dairy industry while improving milk production. The five-…
expanding their audience statewide
University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is again offering a virtual exhibit hall to showcase some of this year’s work by Maine 4-H members.
While some fairs did take place this year…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District invites the public to its 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting and Conservation Awards Celebration on Wednesday, October 20, from 5:30 – 8 p.m. Join…
