Amid an uptick in need for food assistance, ‘gleaning’ is helping bridge the gap in Androscoggin County, and beyond.
UMaine Cooperative Extension
Posted inFood
Maine’s tomato season is ending. Here’s how to preserve the harvest the Italian way
Is it the wintertime stash of home-canned tomatoes that appeals? Or the traditions surrounding the process of preservation?
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Posted inLeslie Bridgers, Local & State, News, Outdoors
How Mainers handle ticks, from tweezers to tape | Column
Experts say there’s only one right way to remove a tick, but what you do with it after is mostly up to you.
Posted inThe Franklin Journal
Extension Homemakers groups support Edgewood Rehabilitation residents
Each month a Franklin County Extension Homemakers group holds an event with the Edgewood Doers Extension group such as learning a craft, making the grounds more beautiful or enjoying music.
Posted inThe Rangeley Highlander
Customized wellness resource for loggers available through Maine AgrAbility
STATE — The Maine AgrAbility program announces the release of a new resource focused on boosting workplace safety and wellness for the state’s logging workforce. Program staff collaborated with loggers and safety experts to create a stretching guide for workers in forestry and logging. The poster features eight yoga stretches demonstrated by real loggers that […]
Posted inCommunity, Connections
Virtual talks offered for Christmas tree producers April 17
The two virtual presentations will cover current pest management challenges in Christmas tree production.
Posted inCommunity, Connections
Free webinar on rabbit health to be held March 26
This webinar is for breeders and raisers seeking information on rabbit health care.
Posted inCommunity, Connections
Webinar on becoming resilient gardener set for March 26
This webinar is the third in the five-part series Gardening for the Future.
Posted inCommunity, Connections
Digital marketing workshop for farmers set for Farmington April 3
FARMINGTON — University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Greater Franklin Food Council are set to offer a Digital Marketing for Farms workshop from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, April 3, at North Dining Hall in the Olsen Student Center, University of Maine Farmington, 111 South St. Participants will hear from Kelsey Kobik, a […]
Posted inCommunity, Connections
Climate change, gardening webinar set for March 12
This webinar is the first in the five-part series, Gardening for the Future, and will lay the groundwork for the rest of the series, which will cover specific resilience topics in more detail.