UMaine Wild Blueberry Conference Series/Organic Pest and Crop Management
Organic Pest and Crop Management; Speaker: Dr. Lily Calderwood (University of Maine)
Organic Pest and Crop Management; Speaker: Dr. Lily Calderwood (University of Maine)
Next Steps in Building a Wild Blue Wine Industry; Speakers: Bluet founders Eric Martin and Michael Terrien
Fresh Pack Line Improvements; Speaker: John Belding (University of Maine)
Wild Blueberry Pollination; Speaker: Dr. Phil Fanning (University of Maine)
Plant Stress and Climate Change; Speaker: Yonjiang Zhang (University of Maine)
Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine Update
Fertility and Water Management in Northern Highbush; Speaker: Dr. David Bryla (USDA ARS: Corvallis, Oregon)
Speakers: Chris Howard from the UMaine Extension Crop Insurance Program will give an update on crop insurance and food safety; and Hannah Mullally (NRCS): Integrated Pest and Pollinator Management (IPPM) Program Overview If any other organization would like to give an update to this group on this date please reach out to Lily Calderwood at […]
Rescheduled from March 12. Speakers: Dr. Beth Calder and Dr. Jim McConnon (University of Maine)
Join us for a combined pest and crop management field meeting on the barrens. Cherryfield Foods personnel will be attending to give us an irrigation demonstration and discuss their jack pine wind breaks. Kate McFarland, Assistant Agroforester for the USDA National Agroforestry Center, will be visiting us from Vermont to share her knowledge on wind […]
Join us for a combined pest and crop management field meeting in southern Maine with the grower Seth Kroeck. Kate McFarland, Assistant Agroforester for the USDA National Agroforestry Center, will be visiting us from Vermont to share her knowledge on wind breaks. UMaine researchers will discuss the most recent research and Extension efforts. Maine NRCS […]
Join Dr. Calderwood, grower Paul Sweetland, and BlueWave Solar for a tour and discussion. You MUST pre-register in order to attend. Masks are encouraged and social distancing is required. For more information please contact Mary Michaud, 207.581.3175 or email mary.j.michaud@maine.edu. The theme is Climate Resilience. 8:00-9:00 Dual-Use Solar Construction over Wild Blueberry Tour and Discussion