{"id":9224,"date":"2017-12-18T09:16:39","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T14:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agriculture\/?page_id=9224"},"modified":"2019-04-02T11:30:51","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T15:30:51","slug":"personnel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agriculture\/equipment-calibration\/personnel\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Personnel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5196 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/caragh-fitzgerald-1000.jpg\" alt=\"Caragh Fitzgerald\" width=\"195\" height=\"293\" \/><strong>Caragh Fitzgerald, co-PI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Associate Extension Professor, Agriculture<\/p>\n<p>University of Maine Cooperative Extension<br \/>\n125 State Street, Augusta, ME 04330-5692<br \/>\nPhone: 207.622.7546<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:cfitzgerald@maine.edu\">cfitzgerald@maine.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Caragh Fitzgerald is an Extension Educator for Agriculture, working primarily in Kennebec County. Her work includes production of vegetables, corn silage, and other forages as well as season extension and soil health. In Kennebec, she teaches and manages the Master Gardener Volunteers program and the Harvest for Hunger produce donation program.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rick Kersbergen, co-PI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/richard-kersbergen-1000.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5075\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/richard-kersbergen-1000.jpg\" alt=\"Richard Kersbergen\" width=\"206\" height=\"254\" \/><\/a><\/strong>Extension Professor, Sustainable Dairy and Forage Systems<\/p>\n<p>University of Maine Cooperative Extension<br \/>\n992 Waterville Road, Waldo, ME 04915-3117<br \/>\nPhone: 207.342.5971<br \/>\nEmail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:richard.kersbergen@maine.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">richard.kersbergen@maine.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Research and Extension Interests:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dairy Forage systems, including harvest and management of perennial forages, and reduced tillage and cover cropping in annual forage systems<\/li>\n<li>Organic dairy production systems and nutrition<\/li>\n<li>Pasture based livestock production systems<\/li>\n<li>Farm safety programming<\/li>\n<li>Soil health<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"field field-name-first-and-last field-type-ds field-label-hidden view-mode-full\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>George Hamilton<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.unh.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/2x_user_account\/public\/pictures\/picture-21-1498189438.png?itok=mbV6I8hM\" alt=\"George Hamilton's picture\" width=\"231\" height=\"287\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-position field-type-text field-label-hidden view-mode-full\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<p class=\"field-item even\">Fruit &amp; Vegetable Production Field Specialist<\/p>\n<p>University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension<\/p>\n<p>603-641-6060<\/p>\n<div class=\"group-right\">\n<section class=\"field field-name-field-public-email field-type-email field-label-inline clearfix view-mode-full\">\n<h5 class=\"field-label\"><a style=\"font-size: 16px\" href=\"mailto:George.Hamilton@unh.edu\">George.Hamilton@unh.edu<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-bio field-type-text-long field-label-hidden view-mode-full\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>George Hamilton joined UNH Cooperative Extension in 1989. 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