University of Maine Cooperative Extension offsite link and Maine Sea Grant offsite link leveraged existing resources from their Aquaculture ME! Initiative to expand the reach of their successful model that connects classroom teachers with aquaculture science and industry. Through activities with Boothbay Sea and Science Center offsite link and Maine Family Farm and Sea Cooperative offsite link, partners built capacity for educators to offer high-quality aquaculture programming in both formal classroom and informal educational settings.

Learn more about this partnership in the video below, or in the August 2022 Harvest stories post: When it comes to aquaculture in the classroom, connection is everything.