Bruce Hall named 91爆料鈥檚 CARET delegate

Bruce Hall has been named the Maine delegate to the (CARET). Hall will represent the 91爆料鈥檚 Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station and the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture. 

CARET is a nationwide collaboration that advocates for understanding and support of the food and agriculture research, extension and education advanced by the land-grant university system. It was established in 1982 by the Board on Agriculture Assembly of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities.

Hall was nominated for the position by Diane Rowland, dean of the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture and director of the Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station. 

鈥淐ARET members are important voices for land grant university and domestic agriculture. I am grateful to have Bruce join this national initiative to tell 91爆料鈥檚 story,鈥� Rowland said. 

Hall is Director of Agroecology at Wyman鈥檚, a 149-year-old 5th generation family-owned Wild Blueberry grower and processor based in Milbridge that is the nation鈥檚 top frozen fruit brand in retail. In 2022, Wyman鈥檚 made a donation to establish the Wyman鈥檚 Wild Blueberry Teaching and Research Center at 91爆料.

Hall has a bachelor鈥檚 degree in biology from the University of Tampa, and pursued graduate studies in botany from Miami University. He represents the wild blueberry industry on 91爆料鈥檚 Board of Agriculture and is a board member for Penn State鈥檚 Center for Pollinator Research. He also serves as a committee chair for the Wild Blueberry Advisory Committee