The first stop on the Northeast Grazing Network’s annual Northeast Luminary Tour is scheduled for Saturday, July 12 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. at Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment, 184 Burnett Road in Freeport. This year’s luminaries are Dale Strickler, agronomist and author of the best-selling books Drought Resilient Farm, Managing […]
University of Maine Cooperative Extension will hold its annual Sustainable Agriculture Research Tour on Wednesday, July 16 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the UMaine Rogers Farm Forage and Crop Research Facility, 914 Bennoch Rd., Old Town and the nearby Wyman’s Wild Blueberry Research Center. The event is geared toward farmers, crop advisors and others […]
University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in collaboration with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Maine Natural Areas Program (MNAP), and Maine Forest Service (MFS) will offer an Invasive Plant Educational Workshop on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. at the Congregational Church, 824 West Main Street, Dover-Foxcroft. This full-day event will include both […]
Join UMaine Extension and our community partners for a series of three workshops for urban gardeners and farmers. Held at different sites in Portland, these sessions will focus on practices that help growers increase their resilience in an urban setting. Participants may join us for as many sessions as they are able; please note that […]
University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering a Farm-to-Table Summer Camp for youth entering grades 4-6, from July 28 to August 1, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Rogers Farm Demonstration Garden, 914 Bennoch Road, Old Town. The camp will also include some off-site travel. During the camp, participants will have the opportunity to […]
University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering a food preservation workshop at Little Ridge Farm, 103 Gould Rd. in Lisbon Falls. Pickling and canning dilly beans (pickled green beans) will be held Tuesday, July 29, 2025, from 5:30 – 8 p.m. Participants will learn recommended methods for preserving foods, the latest and safest recipes, what […]
University of Maine Cooperative Extension announces a virtual Equine Speaker Series for 2025. The theme of the summer webinar series is “From Foaling to Farewell: Essential Knowledge Covering the Equine Lifecycle” with presentations by topic experts from Maine and across the country. All webinars start at 6 p.m. EST. The first in the series will […]
University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering a food preservation workshop at the Maine Tasting Center, 506 Old Bath Rd. in Wiscasset. Spirited Spreads: Boozy Jams Happy Hour will take place on Friday, August 1, 2025, from 4:30–7 p.m. Participants will learn how to effectively and safely incorporate spirits and liqueurs into fruit jams. Workshop […]
University of Maine Cooperative Extension invites local farmers, service providers and agricultural stakeholders to the 2025 Maine Pasture Walk Series, an opportunity to explore and learn at five working farms throughout the state. The free series will be held at locations across Maine, each beginning at 11 a.m. The series includes events on Saturday, June […]
University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in collaboration with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Maine Natural Areas Program (MNAP), and Maine Forest Service (MFS) will offer an Invasive Plant Educational Workshop on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. at Houlton High School, 7 Bird Street, Houlton. This full-day event will include both classroom […]
