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4-H youth and goats at 2024 June Jamboree

Hancock County 4-H announces youth activities for annual June Jamboree

Blue Hill, Maine — University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Hancock County is hosting the annual 4-H June Jamboree from 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m. on June 14, 2025 at the Blue Hill Fairgrounds, 223 Ellsworth Road. This event, a beloved tradition for 4-H members and the wider community, promises a weekend of hands-on learning, outdoor adventures […]

Egg-cellent Futures: UMaine Extension 4-H Helps Youth Crack into the Egg Business

Orono, Maine — University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H in Hancock and Washington counties are offering a year-long Egg Business Project for youth ages 11-18. The project provides youth and their families an opportunity to learn about business, entrepreneurship, record keeping, animal husbandry and more, potentially resulting in additional income for youth and their families. […]

4-H students exploring an aquatic touch tank while touring the Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research (CCAR) facility

New UMaine program works with Extension to enhance blue economy through education, outreach and tuition assistance

In her first year of full-time employment with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Leah McCluskey taught youth how to make miniature lava lamps. She led the students through an experiment that combines sodium alginate, a compound derived from seaweed, and calcium chloride inside a test tube to form the familiar funky bubbles. The experiment gave her a chance to talk to students about seaweed aquaculture in Maine, sharing why it is important to the state economy and in what ways extractions from the plant can be used.

UMaine Extension to host parasite management workshops for small ruminant producers in November and April

Freeport and Ellsworth, Maine — University of Maine Cooperative Extension is taking its ruminant parasite management and FAMACHA certification workshops on the road this fall and next spring. These half-day trainings will be held from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on November 17 at Wolfe’s Neck Center, 184 Burnett Rd, Freeport and November 24 at […]

UMaine Extension offers on-farm workshop on vegetable and hay production

Penobscot, Maine — The Maine New Farmers Project at University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a farm visit on May 21, 2024 from 9 a.m to 1 p.m. at King Hill Farm, 29 Faerie Kingdom Rd., Penobscot. Farmer/owner Paul Schultz will share methods of harvesting and storing vegetables and discuss the farm’s hay production. […]

Extension offers workshops for Mainers with backyard chicken flocks

Orono, Maine — University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host multiple 2-hour workshops for backyard poultry producers throughout April in Bangor, Ellsworth, Falmouth and Oxford. The first workshop is scheduled for Friday, April 19, 10 a.m.-Noon at the Penobscot County Extension Office, 307 Maine Avenue, Bangor. The series, titled Feathered Homestead: A Comprehensive Guide to […]