Agriculture & Outdoors

Coffee is a ritual for most Americans, many of whom have even become at-home baristas this past year.  Coffee is ‘steeped’ in world history, it was actually discovered by goats in Ethiopia 1,000 years ago; however, if Pope Clement the VIII hadn’t baptized in the early 1600s, we might not have coffee houses on every corner today.  Join the team from Coffee Hound Coffee Co. for a morning of coffee. Each participant will receive coffee for the coffee tasting portion of the program.  In addition to learning some of the fascinating history of coffee, you will also be guided through how coffee goes from bean to cup. This is a virtual tour from coffee roasting to coffee cupping - right from the comfort of your home. You will also be provided best tips for home brewing and seek answers to some burning questions you may have about coffee. The registration fee includes coffee, so you can literally taste the coffee you're learning about.  This is a live online class.  

Makeup day, if needed, 02/20/21.

 "I attended a lecture given by Jen last Spring and her energetic, knowledgeable and inspiring talk was delightfully informative." Annie Sargent.

Coffee Hound Coffee Company is a family run coffee roastery in Brewer, Maine.  They have served over a million customers at their cafes and are now bringing that coffee experience to homes across the nation!  As a Maine made brand, they are dedicated to Maine’s craftsmanship and work hard to create an extraordinary coffee experience by ethically sourcing and artfully roasting each batch of coffee.  Coffee Hound Coffee Co. was just named the most exciting start-up company in Bangor for 2020!

Jennifer Litteral, president is from Pennsylvania and moved to Maine in 1993. Member of BNI Bangor chapter, Bangor Chamber of Commerce, a Maine Made brand, and WBENC certified woman business. Participant in the 2020 Maine Center for Entrepreneurs' Top Gun program. Winner of Maine’s 2020 BigGig entrepreneur pitching contest. Presenter at the 2017 Coffee Fest Conference NYC on "World History through Coffee Houses" and named most exciting start-up company in Bangor for 2020.

Chris Keegan, a veteran, company founder and chief visionary officer is from Presque Isle, Maine. He is company’s head coffee roaster he is a member of the Specialty Coffee Association and is a former professional snowboarder for the USASA.

Maya Albee, is the company’s lead coffee roaster and director of marketing and sales. Originally from Bulgaria with a degree in food, wine, and beer production. Maya is a member of the Bar Harbor Rotary Club. She joined the Coffee Hound family in 2016 and speaks 4 languages.

In this two-part workshop, we will focus on organic methods to help gardeners and homesteaders establish and maintain healthy fruit production. 

In Part 1, we will discuss variety selection and soil preparation for planting young fruit trees, as well as how to grow a young tree in its early years before flowering and fruit production. 

C. J. Walke has been working for the Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association since 2006 and for the past decade, he has focused on providing technical services to farmers and teaching practical skills related to organic tree fruit cultivation.

In this two-session series on growing fruit trees, we will focus on organic methods to help gardeners and homesteaders establish and maintain healthy fruit trees for home fruit production. 

In part 2, we will discuss organic methods of insect and disease management in order to produce quality fruit, as well as how to best manage fruit trees as they get older and larger.  This is a face to face online course.

C. J. Walke has been working for the Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association since 2006 and for the past decade, he has focused on providing technical services to farmers and teaching practical skills related to organic tree fruit cultivation.

After our Fall 2020 two-session series on cultivating fruit trees, there were requests for a hands-on pruning workshop.  This workshop will focus on the role, priorities and techniques of pruning to maintain healthy fruit trees for home fruit production.  C.J. Walke will demonstrate at a Hancock County site to be determined. 

C. J. Walke has been working for the Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association since 2006 and for the past decade, he has focused on providing technical services to farmers and teaching practical skills related to organic tree fruit cultivation.