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UMaine Cooperative Extension

Published
December 24, 2024

Maine wreath-makers ring in the holiday season with balsam fir tradition

Maine produces millions of wreaths per year thanks to its abundant pine trees, which some farmers trim for a second source of income.
Published
November 27, 2024

Pass the cranberries: Maine growers embrace intense demand of holiday season

While many Maine cranberry bogs had a good harvest this year, growers are grappling with the holiday rush.
Published
July 16, 2024

UMaine creating $4.5 million Food Innovation Lab

The production and processing facility planned for the Orono campus is expected to support growth in Maine's food and beverage manufacturing sectors.
Published
December 3, 2023

Climate change has brought more extreme rain, snow to Maine

Sea level rise remains a top concern as the climate warms, but the increasing frequency of outsized precipitation is already having statewide impacts.
Published
January 31, 2023

Steeper by the dozen: Avian flu sends egg prices soaring

The disease has driven prices up and supplies down, affecting Maine farms, stores, restaurants and egg lovers in different ways.

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Published
January 1, 2023

New research lab could give Maine an edge in fight against PFAS contamination chemicals

The University of Maine plans to create a lab to support research that could help farmers with contaminated soils and crops.
Published
May 9, 2021

Maine Gardener: Plant sales have returned

And more farmers are getting in on the action, offering their own seedling sales. But take care you don't transfer any pests — plant or insect — with your new plants.
Published
August 16, 2020

Maine Voices: We can’t let food sit and rot while our neighbors go hungry

Forgotten Orchard is encouraging Mainers to look for overlooked fruit along roadsides and in yards and see that it gets harvested and distributed.
Published
March 29, 2020

Maine Gardener: Mommy, I’m bored! Have you heard that lately?

While we all wait out the coronavirus at home, consider a garden project with the kids.
Published
March 19, 2020

Without restaurants to buy their goods, farmers turn to consumers

A Waldoboro cheesemaker made a spreadsheet of Maine farms and what they have to sell. Before you could say local lamb, University of Maine Cooperative Extension turned it into a website.