Maine Vegetable and Fruit School 2017 Tuesday, March 14, 2017 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM Seasons Event and Conference Center, Portland, Maine OR Wednesday, March 15, 2017 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM Bangor Motor Inn Conference Center, Bangor, Maine Registration Fee: $45.00, includes lunch PREREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Please preregister by March 3, 2017. This day-long […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension has released the latest installment of “Growing Maine,” a series of short documentaries highlighting Maine food producers and farm families. The third video tells the story of Patty and Gary Treworgy and their children on their second-generation orchard and family farm. Treworgy Family Orchards in Levant had a rough start […]
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MAINE STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY SUMMER MEETING AND ORCHARD TOUR Wednesday, July 27, 2016 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM Ricker Hill Orchards‘ New Pavilion (next to the farm stand), 15 Ricker Hill Road, Turner, Maine 04282 Orchard phone: 207.754.5427 or 207.225.3455 Registration fee: $20.00. Lunch will be included. The Maine State Pomological Society and the University […]
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University of Maine researchers are working to bring locally grown plums to farm stands around the state. The two-year project — funded by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry — is identifying suitable plum varieties for Maine’s climate that would help diversify the state’s apple farms. The project is a joint collaboration between […]
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Videos created by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension were mentioned in a Caledonian-Record article about pruning fruit trees. The best time to prune tree fruit and small fruit, such as berries, is late winter to early spring while the plants are dormant, according to the article. The article stated UMaine Extension “has a couple […]
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