Cooperative Extension in Piscataquis County

Do you want to try growing some of your own vegetables and/or flowers next year? Not sure how to start? Learn what you can do in the fall to be ready for spring, from site selection to planting garlic (we’ll have some on hand to give out!) and other bulbs. Trisha Smith is the Community […]

Thursday, October 24, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m., NOKOMIS High School, 266 Williams Rd. Newport Maine.   Sign up through RSU19 Adult Ed, or 207.368.3290. Cost is $5 Monday, October 28, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m., Piscataquis County Extension Office, 165 East Main St., Dover-Foxcroft. Sign up through PVAEC, Piscataquis Valley Adult Education Cooperative, 50 Mayo St., […]

We are offering this program twice on Thursday, September 26, 2019. The times to choose from are morning 10:00 a.m. -12:30 p.m. or evening 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. In this free program prospective and beginning, small-scale meat and egg producers will gain a general understanding of what it takes to have poultry. This program […]

Tuesday, August 6, 2019, from 4:30 pm – 7:30 pm we will have our Preserving the Harvest class. Ever wonder how to preserve all those great garden vegetables? University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s hands-on food preservation workshops will teach you the basics of canning with a hot water bath canner.  You will be canning carrots […]

Saturday, July 20th Noon to 3 pm Shaw Road Farm Shaw Road 283 Shaw Road Dover-Foxcroft Free lunch included. Attendees will hear a presentation on reducing stress in cattle by Colt Knight, UMaine Extension Livestock Specialist with a live demonstration of Shaw Road Farm’s practices of separating three beef animals from a herd of approximately […]

Youth ages 5-18 are invited to enroll in the 4-H Piscataquis Passport Project. This program is intended to encourage youth and their families to access healthy food and fun activities this summer in the Dover-Foxcroft area. Youth who sign up by June 21, 2019, will receive a passport that they can have stamped at SeDoMoCha […]

THIS IS A FREE EVENT                                                    Participants will build awareness of common diseases, and learn screening techniques farmers can do to assess the health of    sheep goats alpacas and other […]

The course will provide a foundation of farm food safety best practices and co-management information, FSMA Produce Safety Rule requirements, and details on how to develop a farm food safety plan. The cost is $25 and Includes the training manual, Produce Safety Alliance (PSA)/Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) course completion certificate, lunch, and […]

Got hayfields and pastures? So, you have hayfields and pastures that are in need of some attention? Are you feeding your animals good quality forages? Do you want to learn what makes a good hay crop? This 3-hour workshop is for you! Join Rick Kersbergen and Gary Anderson, from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension […]