{"id":964,"date":"2013-02-28T15:22:01","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T20:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/new-farmers\/?page_id=964"},"modified":"2025-12-16T13:25:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T18:25:04","slug":"contact-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/new-farmers\/contact-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Contact Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4400\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/new-farmers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/05\/Maine-New-Farmers-Project-art-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"graphic representing Maine New Farmers Project\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/new-farmers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/05\/Maine-New-Farmers-Project-art-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/new-farmers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/05\/Maine-New-Farmers-Project-art-105x80.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/new-farmers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/05\/Maine-New-Farmers-Project-art-317x241.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/new-farmers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/05\/Maine-New-Farmers-Project-art-423x321.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/new-farmers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/05\/Maine-New-Farmers-Project-art.jpg 635w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/>Maine New Farmers Project Team:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/about\/staff-directory\/christina-howard\/\"><strong>Chris Howard<\/strong><\/a>, <em>Maine New Farmer Project Manager,<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:christina.howard@maine.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">christina.howard@maine.edu<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/about\/staff-directory\/david-handley\/\"><strong>David Handley<\/strong><\/a>, <\/span><em>Vegetable and Small Fruit Specialist, Highmoor Farm,<\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:david.handley@maine.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">david.handley@maine.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/about\/staff-directory\/colt-knight\/\"><strong>Colt Knight<\/strong><\/a>, <\/span><em>Associate Extension Professor, State Livestock Specialist,<\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:colt.knight@maine.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">colt.knight@maine.edu<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/about\/staff-directory\/tori-jackson\/\"><strong>Tori Jackson<\/strong><\/a>, <em>Program Administrator for Commercial and Consumer Agriculture<\/em><\/span><em>,<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:tori.jackson@maine.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tori.jackson@maine.edu<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dick Brzozowski<\/strong>, <em>Professor Emeritus &#8211; Food System Program Administrator, <\/em><a href=\"mailto:richard.brzozowski@maine.edu\">richard.brzozowski@maine.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/soe\/people\/jonathan-malacarne\/\"><strong>Jonathan Malacarne<\/strong><\/a>, <em>Assistant Professor, School of Economics,<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:jonathan.malacarne@maine.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">jonathan.malacarne@maine.edu<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/about\/staff-directory\/rebecca-long\/\"><strong>Rebecca Long<\/strong><\/a>, <em>Agriculture and Food System Professional, Oxford County<\/em>, <a href=\"mailto:rebecca.j.long@maine.edu\">rebecca.j.long@maine.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/about\/staff-directory\/brett-johnson\/\"><strong>Brett Johnson<\/strong><\/a>, \u00a0<em>Assistant Extension Professor, Sustainable Agriculture and Farm Business Management Educator, Waldo County,<\/em> <a href=\"mailto:brett.w.johnson@maine.edu\">brett.w.johnson@maine.edu<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/about\/staff-directory\/carrick-gambell\/\"><strong>Carrick Gamble<\/strong><\/a>, <em>Urban Agriculture Professional (Joint position with UMaine + NRCS)<\/em>, <a href=\"mailto:carrick.gambell@maine.edu\">carrick.gambell@maine.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/about\/staff-directory\/rachel-white\/\"><strong>Rachel White<\/strong><\/a>, <em>Assistant Professor of Sustainable Agriculture and Livestock, Hancock County<\/em>, <a href=\"mailto:rachel@maine.edu\">rachel@maine.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/people\/stephanie-wright\/\"><strong>Stephanie Wright<\/strong><\/a>, Administrative Specialist, Highmoor Farm, <a href=\"mailto:stephanie.wright@maine.edu\">stephanie.wright@maine.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>University of Maine Cooperative Extension<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">15 Estabrooke Drive<br \/>\nOrono, ME 04469<br \/>\n207.581.3188<br \/>\n1.800.287.0274 (in Maine)<br \/>\nFAX: 207.581.1387<br \/>\nE-Mail: <a href=\"mailto:extension@maine.edu\">extension@maine.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>County Offices<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/county-offices\/\">Contact your local county Extension office<\/a> <\/strong>to find out about workshops and demonstrations in your neighborhood and around the state.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/plugged-in\/forms-templates-tools\/forms\/photo-release-agreement\/\">UMaine&#8217;s photo release form<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maine New Farmers Project Team: Chris Howard, Maine New Farmer Project Manager,\u00a0christina.howard@maine.edu David Handley, Vegetable and Small Fruit Specialist, Highmoor Farm,\u00a0david.handley@maine.edu Colt Knight, Associate Extension Professor, State Livestock Specialist,\u00a0colt.knight@maine.edu Tori Jackson, Program Administrator for Commercial and Consumer Agriculture,\u00a0tori.jackson@maine.edu Dick Brzozowski, Professor Emeritus &#8211; 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