With the exception of pollen creating a yellow carpet on EVERYTHING on Delmarva, the arrival of spring is a welcome time, especially on the UMES campus. For two weeks, typically the last week of March and first week of April, it’s lambing and kidding season with lambs and kids being born (and cuddled) through UMES…Read more Spring means lambing/kidding season for UMES Extension and SANS Pre-Vet Program
LESBA and UMES Extension partner for beekeeping short course
The extended forecast was looking like rain for the weekend, but April 15 and 16 turned out to be BEE-utiful for a beekeeping short course at the UMES Research, Extension and Teaching Farm. The Lower Eastern Shore Beekeepers Association and UMES Extension teamed up to train some 25 participants in basic and advanced concepts of…Read more LESBA and UMES Extension partner for beekeeping short course
4-H STEM educator awarded for work with student horticulturists
Brad Hartle, a UMES Extension 4-H STEM educator, was recognized April 13 at Parkside High School CTE Horticulture program’s annual Community Planting Day. It was a day shared by students and their families, along with the program’s friends and partners to fill the raised beds at the A+ Garden Center with beautiful annuals, perennials, herbs,…Read more 4-H STEM educator awarded for work with student horticulturists
UMES hosts celebrity chef for series of edible insect events April 3-6
Edible insects will be served up April 3-6 during a series of adventurous events at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore to promote insect agriculture and the culinary art of celebrity Chef Joseph Yoon (left) of Brooklyn Bugs of New York. “I am honored to work with UMES and students like Ebony Jenkins (below, right)…Read more UMES hosts celebrity chef for series of edible insect events April 3-6
Shore native brings more than 20 years media experience to new post
Laura Benedict Sileo recently joined the University of Maryland Eastern Shore as director of agriculture communications and marketing specialist. She will work with the School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences and UMES Extension in guiding communication and marketing strategy. Sileo has more than 20 years of experience in online and print media. Most recently serving…Read more Shore native brings more than 20 years media experience to new post
Learn and practice plant propagation and seed saving at UMES Extension workshop
Small farmers and gardeners can learn about and practice plant propagation and seed saving techniques at a March 25 UMES Extension workshop. The goal of the program is to help participants become their own seed and plant source—the first step to becoming a breeder for specific plants. “Participants from our annual Small Farm Conference this…Read more Learn and practice plant propagation and seed saving at UMES Extension workshop
UMES Extension welcomes agribusiness and resource economist to team
Dr. Nazia Arbab joined UMES Extension February 20 as an agribusiness and resource economist specialist. She brings 14 years of teaching and research experience to UMES, most recently from Rutgers University’s Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics. In her new post, she will “address inequities in the distribution of benefits and costs of land…Read more UMES Extension welcomes agribusiness and resource economist to team
Agritourism and value-added agricultural marketing specialist joins UMES Extension
Dr. Prem Bhandari recently joined UMES Extension as an agritourism and value-added agricultural marketing specialist. He brings over 25 years of experience in the design, implementation and quantitative analysis of large scale social research, most recently as the managing director of the Global Research Institute in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In his extension post at UMES,…Read more Agritourism and value-added agricultural marketing specialist joins UMES Extension
Winter class on growing medicinal herbs for income
If you’re a budding herb grower and missed the September class, you’re in luck. UMES Extension hosts a workshop exploring growing medicinal herbs for income on January 28—the first workshop of the New Year. It will be an in-person hands-on experience led by UMES Extension Specialty Herbs Consultant Henriette den Ouden from 9:30 a.m. to…Read more Winter class on growing medicinal herbs for income
ALEI and Maryland Sea Grant training the next generation of legal policy specialists on issues facing Maryland’s aquaculture system and impacts of climate change
Ju-Ching Huang, a Doctor of Juridical Science candidate at Georgetown University Law Center, has been “diving deep into the legal and policy challenges for Maryland’s developing land-based recirculating aquaculture system seafood industry as well as investigating how climate change is impacting Maryland’s coastal aquaculture industry and its associated communities,” according to Nicole Cook, UMES Extension’s…Read more ALEI and Maryland Sea Grant training the next generation of legal policy specialists on issues facing Maryland’s aquaculture system and impacts of climate change
