Cooperative Extension: New Farmers

Labor Movement Monday, June 2 — 6:00 p.m. Sunday, June 8 — 5:00 p.m. Sliding-Scale: $0-$30 Movement health and wellness from an athletic perspective for those whose livelihoods rely on their body. Discussion of how athleticism fits into physical labor and what movement self-advocacy is. Topics covered include: overall health related to athlete well-being learn […]

Take farm soil health practices to the next level. These sessions are 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, and reduced tillage. Weekly zoom sessions on Tuesdays for 7 weeks […]

Labor Movement 4-part Zoom Series Tuesdays, May 27 — June 17 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Sliding Scale $0 – $45 For those interested in in-depth coverage of risk avoidance and management of musculoskeletal injuries. Information will include movement self-advocacy and considerations for implementing change within a farm's strategies. ​ May 27: Movement Health, Self-Advocacy, […]

The Maine Vegetable & Small Fruit Growers Association will be having a Spring Twilight Meeting on Thursday, June 5, at 5:30 p.m. at R. Belanger & Sons Farm in Lewiston. The farm is family owned and has been in operation since 1966. The Belangers grow a wide variety of vegetables for the wholesale market and […]

Please join the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Natural Resource and Conservation Service (NRCS) and State partners Maine Natural Areas Program (MNAP) and Maine Forest Service (MFS) for an Invasive Plant Educational Workshop. Participants will learn about Invasive plant biology, ecological impacts, identification, fundamental concepts of invasive plant management and related state and federal programs […]