David Yarborough, a professor in the University of Maine’s School of Food and Agriculture and wild blueberry specialist with Cooperative Extension, was quoted in a Maine Public report about how blueberry growers in the state are struggling with plummeting prices. Yarborough said the berries can be roughly categorize into two groups: cultivated, or “highbush,” and […]
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The Bangor Daily News published a feature article on Project Generations, a new program at the University of Maine that connects college students with older residents in Greater Bangor for their mutual benefit. The program is informally modeled after a program that was founded at Ithaca College and now has a chapter at Cornell University […]
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Pacific Standard reported on a recent research expedition by Aaron Putnam, George H. Denton Assistant Professor for the University of Maine’s School of Earth and Climate Sciences and Climate Change Institute. Putnam traveled to Mongolia to develop a chronology of glacial retreat, taking samples from granite boulders that were once suspended in ice in the Altai […]
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The Atlantic’s CityLab quoted Elizabeth DePoy, coordinator of interdisciplinary disability studies and professor of social work at the University of Maine, in the article “Do you know who needs your subway seat?” People dealing with chronic pain, fatigue, dizziness or other health issues may not have any visible symptoms or an assistive device such as […]
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Data collected by Daniel Harrison, a professor of wildlife at the University of Maine, was included in a Conway Daily Sun article on a Fryeburg selectman warning residents about a coyote he recently saw roaming around town. The best estimate the state has of the coyote population is about 12,000, which represents the “over-winter population,” […]
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Bradfield Lyon, an associate research professor of climate analysis at the University of Maine, was interviewed by National Geographic for an article about the current drought in Somalia. The country’s government recently declared the drought a national disaster, and observers fear if rain doesn’t come this month, mass starvation will follow, according to the article. […]
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The Portland Press Herald, Maine Public and Mainebiz reported on a new study released by the Maine Brewers’ Guild and conducted by the University of Maine School of Economics. The report is projecting growth of nearly 40 percent next year as the number of Maine’s craft brewers continues to increase, according to Maine Public. Maine […]
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Maine Public reported a new University of Maine study commissioned by AARP Maine suggests that as more people retire, inadequate personal savings means taxpayers will have to take on more of the burden. According to the research conducted by Philip Trostel, an economics and public policy professor at the UMaine School of Economics and Margaret […]
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American Agriculturist reported Cornell University’s Small Farms Program has teamed up with counterparts at Michigan State University and University of Maine to offer three free webinars on reduced tillage for organic vegetable production. Viewers can learn about practices that might fit their operation — from permanent beds, tarps and mulches to cover cropping, strip tillage […]
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New research by the University of Maine commissioned by AARP Maine reveals the fiscal impact of inadequate retirement savings in the state. “The Fiscal Implications of Inadequate Saving for Retirement” report shows that an aging Maine workforce moving into retirement is increasingly reliant on public assistance, signaling a trend that could have important fiscal implications […]
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