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Aroostook County Extension Open House

Saturday, August 26, 2023 UMaine Cooperative Extension 57 Houlton Road, Presque Isle 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Meet New Staff We are excited to have three new staff members join our Aroostook Cooperative Extension Team in the past year.  Kutay Ozturk ,  Ph.D., Assistant Extension Professor of Potato Pathology and David Lowe, Sustainable Agriculture and […]

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UMaine Extension Offers Extension Talks at Northern Maine Fair

University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer several educational talks and demonstrations August 4 – 7 at the Northern Maine Fair Exhibition Hall, 84 Mechanic Street, Presque Isle. Extension Talks begins at 6 p.m. August 4 with an overview of AgrAbility, followed by soil testing and documenting results at 7 p.m.  Other topics include making […]

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One Tomato Project

UMaine Extension offers free cherry tomato seedlings in Presque Isle, Houlton, and Fort Kent Friday, June 3 UMFK and Houlton Higher Education Center 9:00 am-Noon Saturday, June 4 Aroostook Centre Mall, 830 Main Street parking lot 9:00 am-Noon The University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Aroostook County will be giving away cherry tomato seedlings as […]

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BBQ-ing with Your Electric Cooker: Webinar Recording Available

In this recorded webinar, University of Maine Cooperative Extension staff present tips and recipes for making your electric pressure cooker the star of your next BBQ. They demonstrate how to make ribs and BBQ baked beans, stuffed eggs, pasta salad, potato salad, and dessert in an electric pressure cooker. For more information, visit our Food […]

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BBQing with Your Electric Pressure Cooker

Join us for tips and recipes for making your Electric Pressure Cooker the star of your next BBQ.  We’ll make ribs and BBQ baked beans, in the Electric Pressure Cooker, and will share how to make stuffed eggs, pasta salad and potato salad using this clever device.  We’ll even make dessert in the Electric Pressure […]

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plants ready for swap

Annual Plant Swap

Saturday, May 29, 2021 10:00 AM – Noon (rain or shine) Bouchard Family Farms 772 Caribou Road, Fort Kent The public is invited to bring healthy plants and bulbs from home and exchange for the same number of plants and bulbs available at the swap. Meet other gardeners and diversify your home landscape. UMaine Extension […]

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Aroostook County Extension Association Annual Meeting

Executive Board Members of the Aroostook County Extension Association invite you to their Annual Meeting Thursday, November 19, 2020 6:00 p.m. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, we will be unable to gather in person; however, we can meet virtually via a Zoom link. There will be a brief business meeting, highlights of programming for this past […]

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