When: Wednesday, April 30 from 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM; Field walk 12:30-2:00 PM (Rain Date: Thursday, May 1) Where: Brodis Blueberries, 87 Jones Hill Rd, Hope, ME 04847 Bring your own lunch!
Ponds are a key nature-based tool for tackling challenges such as biodiversity loss, and water scarcity. In this workshop, participants learn how to build and maintain a pond to enhance their landscape, increase biodiversity, maximize wildlife habitat, and help reach water management goals. Agricultural engineer Candi Gilpatric of Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will focus […]
Join UMaine Cooperative Extension for a full day program focused on taking farm soil health practices to the next level. This program is for farmers who have experience with soil health practices and want to build on those outcomes and benefits. Topics will include crop rotation considerations, advanced cover cropping techniques, enhanced soil amendment use, […]
This session will highlight lessons learned from the Maine Horticulture Apprentice Training Program—a unique pathway for preparing the next generation of growers and green industry professionals, presented by Becca Long of UMaine Extension. For more information, visit the Training the Next Generation of the Green Industry webpage.
