UMES Extension will serve the Delmarva Peninsula as a partner in a project to help rural coastal communities be more resilient to climate change. The Climate-Ready Coasts initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce and NOAA is a $1.97 million investment in high-impact projects that create climate and coastal hazard solutions. Beginning October 1,…Read more UMES to help coastal communities face climate challenges
UMES 4-H STEM hosts youth broiler chicken summer project
A UMES Extension 4-H STEM summer project helped a group of youth experience what raising chickens, a major economic driver on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and the Delmarva Peninsula, is all about. It was an early and odd sort of trunk-or-treat, as Dr. Jennifer Timmons, sat on the back of her car’s hatchback on…Read more UMES 4-H STEM hosts youth broiler chicken summer project
