• University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Waldo County works closely on educational programs with the Maine Organic Farmer and Gardeners Association (MOFGA). One example of collaboration is the Small Farm Field Day, held every summer at the Common Ground Fair site. Last year nearly 300 people attended the event held in June.
   
• Facilitation training designed to increase the working capacity, efficiency and effectiveness of groups has reached nearly 100 people who lead local groups. Strengthening Your Facilitation Skills, developed in Waldo County, is now a published curriculum and is a nationally recognized model for training citizen facilitators.
   
• By planning and hosting a monthly community radio show, Doing Business, with a potential listening audience of 10,000, University of Maine Cooperative Extension faculty are providing small and home-based business owners with practical, timely and credible information to support their enterprises. Nearly 40 business owners and resource persons are interviewed annually.
   
• University of Maine Cooperative Extension Eat Well program staff members provide nutrition education to limited-income citizens, including food stamp recipients, throughout the state. Participants learn—in small groups, in schools, in their homes or through correspondence courses—strategies for expanding their food dollars and eating well on low budgets.
   
• University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners have received in-depth horticultural training from university educators and industry experts. In return, they volunteer time to their communities.
  • A sampling of their local volunteer projects include school gardening programs, designing gardens to enhance the beauty of public parks and developing gardens for the elderly and persons with disabilities.
     
• 4-H is the youth development program of University of Maine Cooperative Extension. For nearly 100 years local 4-H clubs have provided youth ages 5-19 the opportunity to learn life skills.
   
• The Parents Are Teachers Too Program originated in University of Maine Cooperative Extension Waldo County office in 1988. Home visiting professionals provide individualized parent education and support to first-time parents and adolescent parents from pregnancy until the child is up to five years of age.
  • Generally, 140 families receive over 900 visits per year.

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