BDN talks with Mallory, Birkel in reporting on Maineâs extended growing season
The Bangor Daily News spoke with Ellen Mallory, a University of Maine professor of sustainable agriculture, and Sean Birkel, a research assistant professor with the Climate Change Institute, about the impact of changing weather patterns on the growing season in Maine. Mallory noted that it is likely the U.S. Department of Agriculture will adjust Maineâs hardiness zones based on the new climate normal data released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration last May.
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UMaine experts assist in small grains research to bolster industry Sat, 04/03/2021 - 1:45pm
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University of Maine researchers are assisting in a multi-institutional effort to create new strategies for producing and marketing small grains like bread wheat, naked barley, hulless oats, rye and others. Farmers often underutilize small grains because they have less economic value than other crops, according to UMaine, in a news release. To increase their value and provide more revenue streams for Northeastern and Midwestern organic growers, university researchers launched a project to develop new small grain varieties, identify best management practices, evaluate new market opportunities and strengthen supply chains. The endeavour, led by Cornell University, should help bolster small grain production and organic farms’ sustainability and diversity.
Draper Universityâs plan to convert its top three floors from dormitories to offices and add an elevator and staircase is facing pushback from the San Mateo Planning Commission. While most of the Planning Commission was OK with changing dorms to offices, it requested significant revisions to the elevator and staircase portion of the project over concerns the changes would alter the buildingâs historic nature.
Draper Universityâs building at 44 E. Third Ave. is part of the San Mateo Downtown Historic District and is considered a local historical building. It was built in 1926 and operated as the Benjamin Franklin Hotel until 2003. Changing the building architecture could permanently change its historical aspects, something the Planning Commission is against. Certain materials proposed for the elevator, like a glaze, could be harmful to the buildingâs Spanish Colonial Revival style, according to a city report. Most commissioners didnât see how the project coul
Draper Universityâs plan to convert its top three floors from dormitories to offices and add an elevator and staircase is facing pushback from the San Mateo Planning Commission. While most of the Planning Commission was OK with changing dorms to offices, it requested significant revisions to the elevator and staircase portion of the project over concerns the changes would alter the buildingâs historic nature.
Draper Universityâs building at 44 E. Third Ave. is part of the San Mateo Downtown Historic District and is considered a local historical building. It was built in 1926 and operated as the Benjamin Franklin Hotel until 2003. Changing the building architecture could permanently change its historical aspects, something the Planning Commission is against. Certain materials proposed for the elevator, like a glaze, could be harmful to the buildingâs Spanish Colonial Revival style, according to a city report. Most commissioners didnât see how the project coul