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ORONO University of Maine Cooperative Extension plans to offer an online workshop for entrepreneurs and farmers interested in starting a home-based, specialty food business in Maine from 9 a.m. to noon Friday, May 14.
“Recipe to Market” is a multidisciplinary program with topics including business basics, an overview of the specialty food industry and product development process, licensing and regulations, and food safety. Instructors include professor emeritus Louis Bassano, business and economics specialist and professor of economics Jim McConnon, and food science specialist and associate professor of food science Beth Calder, who also directs UMaine Food Testing Services.
The fee is $25; registration is required. Financial assistance is available. To register and find more details, visit extension.umaine.edu.
New resources available for fishing community
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ORONO Maine AgrAbility, dedicated to addressing chronic health conditions and disabilities for those in agriculture, now offering monthly articles and stories about common health issues and resources for those in Maine’s fishing community.
The most recent article, “Fishermen and Back Pain,” is available online at extension.umaine.edu, and also published in the Commercial Fisheries News April issue at fish-news.com/cfn. Also available is the March article, “FishAbility for Maine Fishermen.”
Maine AgrAbility, a collaborative project of University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Alpha One, is dedicated to helping farmers, fishermen and forest workers work safely and more productively.
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ORONO Maine AgrAbility has designed fuel identification stickers, used on farm tractors to help prevent potential mechanical issues and production downtime if the wrong fuel is mistakenly used.
Request free fuel identification stickers and view all available safety stickers at extension.umaine.edu/agrability/free-sticker/. For more information about the program, call 207-944-1533 or email [email protected].
Maine AgrAbility, a nonprofit collaboration of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Alpha One, assists farmers, fishermen and forest workers to overcome disabilities, injuries or other barriers so they can continue to work safely and productively in agriculture. This material is supported by a grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
The Bangor Daily News, The Ellsworth American, Morning Ag Clips, The Piscataquis Observer, The Irregular, Centralmaine.com and the Penobscot Bay Pilot advanced a University of Maine Cooperative Extension workshop, âSupporting Pollinators in your Landscape,â scheduled for 6 p.m. May 26. More information about the workshop, which is part of the virtual winter gardening series, is online.
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It s fiddlehead season in Maine, and UMaine agriculture expert David Fuller is sharing some harvesting reminders Author: Hannah Yechivi (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 8:21 PM EDT May 2, 2021 Updated: 8:21 PM EDT May 2, 2021
MAINE, Maine It s that time of year when many Mainers harvest a spring-time delicacy fiddleheads!
You can enjoy fiddleheads as a side, sauteed, fried, in salads, as a soup, on top of pizzas, on your breakfast omelet, and many other ways!
David Fuller is an agriculture and non-timber forest product expert with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. He says with the daffodile flowers up, that s a pretty good indicator that Fiddleheads are also starting to grow.