HOULTON, Maine — The First Northern Maine Rural Living Day will be held from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015, at Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum, 1664 U.S. Route 1, Littleton.
Class topics will include livestock barns and fences, buying used farm equipment, raising livestock and poultry, gardening and soil health, cheese-making, and food preservation methods, including canning and root cellaring.
A panel discussion on sustainable beekeeping will be held, and there will be youth activities, livestock displays, craft demonstrations and a harvest lunch featuring local foods.
University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Southern Aroostook Soil & Water Conservation District are co-sponsors of the event. For more information, or to request a disability accommodation, call (207) 532-6548 or 1 (800) 287.1469 or visit umaine.edu/ aroostook/ home/ rural-living-day.
