UMES Extension has a new face on the 4-H team! Ariel Clay has crossed the continent to accept the role of 4-H STEM and youth development specialist. November 14 was her first official day at the helm. “Following a long screening process, UMES Extension offered the position to Ms. Clay, whose office is in Kiah…Read more Clay brings 4-H experience and master’s in child development to UMES Extension post
Backyard trail workshop serves to complete first phase of Hattie’s Trail
The UMES community came together October 29 to lay the path for Hattie’s Trail, part of the future Buffalo Soldier Living History Site in the quaint Wicomico County town of Allen. Hattie’s Trail is named after the wife of a Buffalo Soldier, Thomas E. Polk Sr., whose family still owns the land he purchased in…Read more Backyard trail workshop serves to complete first phase of Hattie’s Trail
UMES conference helps small farmers with strategies for success
UMES Extension added another annual Small Farm Conference to the books November 4-5. Nearly 200 attendees representing a wide range of agricultural producers and stakeholders flocked to the Princess Anne campus of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore for the 19th annual event. In keeping with tradition, the 2022 edition featured hands-on training clinics, bus…Read more UMES conference helps small farmers with strategies for success
