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Joe Capobianco: My name is Joe Capobianco and I'm President of the Cumberland County
Association.
The association is a volunteer organization made up of residents of Cumberland County.
We act as liaison between the University of Maine's Cooperative Extension programs and
county officials.
Having ready access to tillable land, provides a great way to support the work of hundreds
of Cooperative Extension volunteers. Who participate in programs like, Plant a Row, which provide
vegetables and fruits to Maine's food insecure, hungry population.
As we talk about needy populations, Cooperative Extensions efforts would be supported as they
work with Maine's immigrant families. But we're also interested in nutritious meals.
I'm a recent retiree and I moved to Maine. But during my experience in New York state,
I worked in state government for 35 years and Cooperative Extension programs provided
the centerpiece for many rural economic development programs.
So, when I moved to Maine, one of the first things I did was look up the local profit
of extension. Because I was interested in the kind of people and the programing they
did. In addition, I became a master gardener while I was at it. So I realized one of my
lifelong ambitions, when I arrived in Maine.