Food and Health

Lentils in a plant-based salad in a serving dish and a salad bowl

UMaine Extension hosts plant-based cooking workshop

LISBON FALLS, Maine – University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer “Plant-Based on a Budget” on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, from 5–7 p.m. at the Androscoggin-Sagadahoc County Extension office, 24 Main Street, Lisbon Falls. The hands-on workshop is designed for adults interested in preparing affordable plant-based meals. Participants will learn practical strategies for shopping and […]

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Cooking for Crowds demonstration

UMaine Extension to offer food safety training for volunteer cooks in May and June

BANGOR and ELLSWORTH, Maine—University of Maine Cooperative Extension announces three opportunities to enroll in Cooking for Crowds, the 3-hour food safety training designed for volunteer cooks. The first two sessions will be held at the Penobscot County Extension Office, 307 Maine Avenue in Bangor from 10 a.m.–1 p.m. on Wednesday, May 6 and 1–4 p.m. […]

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UMaine Extension offers ServSafe® Food Protection Manager course and exam

BANGOR, Maine – University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering a ServSafe® Food Protection Manager course in-person from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21, at the Penobscot County Extension Office, 307 Maine Ave., Bangor. The course prepares attendees for the ServSafe® Food Protection Manager Certification exam, which is held immediately following the […]

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UMaine Extension offers Master Food Preserver Volunteer program in Skowhegan

SKOWHEGAN, Maine – Applications are now available for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Food Preserver Volunteer program. The program trains volunteers to deliver UMaine Extension’s food preservation education programs to adults and youth in the community. The program consists of eight in-person classes: two workshops at the Somerset County Extension office on June […]

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Lentils in a plant-based salad in a serving dish and a salad bowl

UMaine Extension hosts plant-based cooking workshop

LISBON FALLS, Maine – University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer “Plant-Based on a Budget” on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, from 5–7 p.m. at the Androscoggin-Sagadahoc County Extension office, 24 Main Street, Lisbon Falls. The hands-on workshop is designed for adults interested in preparing affordable plant-based meals. Participants will learn practical strategies for shopping and […]

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UMaine Extension offers Recipe to Market workshop for aspiring food entrepreneurs

Orono, Maine — University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer an online workshop for entrepreneurs and farmers interested in starting a home-based, specialty food business in Maine from 9 a.m.–noon on Wednesday, November 19, 2025.  Recipe to Market is a multidisciplinary program intended to introduce participants to key topics an aspiring entrepreneur needs to consider […]

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Documentary screening at UMaine explores prison food reform and renewal

Orono, Maine — University of Maine Cooperative Extension and UMaine’s Innovative Media Research and Commercialization Center (IMRC) will host a screening of the documentary Seeds of Change: Breaking Free from the Prison Food System from 6:30–8 p.m. on Monday, October 27 at the IMRC building, 5 Hilltop Road, Orono. Visitor parking can be found on […]

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UMaine Extension hosts annual open house at Morning Dew Farm in Damariscotta

Damariscotta, Maine — The Knox-Lincoln Counties Extension Association will hold its annual meeting and open house on Thursday, Oct. 23 from 4-6 p.m. at Morning Dew Farm, 245 US Route 1 in Damariscotta. Rain date will be Monday, Oct. 27. Attendees will meet staff and board members from University of Maine Cooperative Extension and learn […]

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