WABI (Channel 5) reported on Acadia Harvest Inc., a startup business housed at the University of Maine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research (CCAR) in Franklin. The business grows black sea bass and California yellowtail using sustainable land-based aquaculture production. “There are a lot of things here that we do better than what they get in […]
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The Sun Journal published an article on James Barker, a University of Maine senior studying business finance, and his pellet business. Barker of Turner is director of operations and sales for his family’s business, Barker Enterprises Inc.’s Wood Pellet Warehouse on Route 17 in North Jay, according to the article. The business also has a […]
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The University of Maine, in partnership with the Maine Technology Institute, is building a startup seed accelerator for Maine entrepreneurs. The pilot program, called Scratchpad Accelerator, starts Aug. 31 in Bangor. Scratchpad Accelerator will work with up to four high-potential, high-growth entrepreneurial teams to validate their customer base, value proposition and business model. The selected […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported University of Maine’s sustainable agriculture program is growing and studying winter rye, red fife wheat, triticale — a cross between wheat and rye — and other grains to increase local, organic bread-grain production. The research also will help Bangor native Alex Bennett, who is developing a drinking straw made from […]
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The University of Maine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research (CCAR) in Franklin was mentioned in the Mainebiz article, “A promise of higher ag yields: Aquaponics offers new source of food.” According to the article, Maine’s foodie scene will soon get a new source of fresh vegetables from Maine greenhouses that use aquaponics, an indoor ecosystem […]
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An economic impact study conducted by Todd Gabe, an economics professor at the University of Maine, was cited in a Portland Press Herald article about a Texas-based company filing an application with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection to build a $613 million wind farm in Aroostook County. The farm would have an installed capacity […]
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David Yarborough, a blueberry specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Bangor Daily News about the anticipated success of this years growing season. Yarborough organized and moderated the annual meeting of blueberry growers from around the state — held at Blueberry Hill Farm in Jonesboro — this past Wednesday. Last year’s […]
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Metro, a daily newspaper in Canada, carried an Associated Press story about sake joining the ranks of artisan brewing. Dan Ford’s Maine-made sake is hitting what he thinks is an untapped market. Ford, who launched Blue Current Brewery, received assistance from the University of Maine and used a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for his […]
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Todd Gabe, an economics professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News article about a proposal to increase the local minimum wage. If approved, the local minimum wage would increase from $7.50 to $8.25 per hour in 2016, to $9 per hour in 2017 and to $9.75 in 2018. According […]
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Aquaculture Magazine published an article about Acadia Harvest, a commercial land-based, indoor fish farm, that’s partnering with the University of Maine and its Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research on an $8 million project to raise black sea bass and California yellowtail. “Ninety percent of our seafood today is imported. We’d like to change that. We […]
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