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Free diabetes and nutrition program to meet on Zoom beginning Jan. 19

AUGUSTA — Spectrum Generations in partnership with Healthy Living for ME will offer a free workshop to help individuals with diabetes or prediabetes, and their caregivers or family members. Living Well with Diabetes will be offered Jan. 19 through Feb. 23. Workshops participants will meet weekly from 3 to 5 p.m. on Zoom, a video conferencing […]

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UMaine Extension offers farmer and gardener boot camp for veterans, disabled farmers

The University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer training in small-scale farming for market sales to military veterans and family members and farmers with disabilities starting in January. “Boots-2-Bushels: Boot Camp for Market Gardeners and Farmers,” features semimonthly online classes that will be held weekly through May 24 via Zoom, hands-on fieldwork from May–September at […]

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Resources available to veterans about farming in Maine

Maine AgrAbility and University of Maine Cooperative Extension have developed resources specifically for Maine military veterans who are farming or want to know more about farming in Maine. Maine AgrAbility Veteran Resources includes a checklist for veterans looking for farm employment, UMaine Extension’s publication Guide to Veteran-to-Farmer Training Pilot Program Resources in Maine and links to […]

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