FRM in the News
September 26, 2024 ReFED: Reducing Food Waste in Schools: Transforming Cafeterias through Community-Driven and Grassroots Initiatives
September 24, 2024 Maine Public: Maine generate 360,000 tons of food waste; new housing study pinpoints needs in each county
September 24, 2024 Episcopal Maine: Earth Keepers Organize Food Waste Presentation
September 9, 2024 Penobscot Bay Pilot: “Food Waste and Climate Change: What Is the Connection?” talk at Merryspring, Sept. 24
September 29, 2023 Sun Journal: Photo: Reducing food waste
September 28, 2023 News Center Maine: Inaugural ‘Food Waste Awareness Week’ in Maine aims to reduce waste
September 25, 2023 WABI5: Gov. Mills proclaimed ‘Maine Food Waste Awareness Week’ from Sep. 25-29
May 17, 2023 Maine Public Radio: Food waste is a climate problem. Here’s how some Mainers are making better use of leftovers.
March 1, 2023 News Center Maine: Researchers at UMaine study food waste in school cafeterias
January 13, 2023 News Center Maine: How much food waste do you generate? This UMaine experiment is helping raise awareness
June 15, 2022 Popular Science: The US stinks at composting. Here’s how we can change that.
April 10, 2022 The Maine Monitor: Soil health depends on clean compost, and that requires changes
April 2022 Maine Town and City Magazine: Composting Food Waste (article on pgs. 23-26)
November 2021 Raising awareness, inspiring action and developing tools to help reduce food waste in Maine (Mitchell Center feature)
November 3, 2021 KENNEBUNK POST Posted November 3 Composting company cans curbside collection
August 2021 Lee to offer 8/31 webinar on reducing food waste in Maine (Mitchell Center News)
July 24, 2021 Readfield Launches New Food Recycling Program Saturday
May 2021 ‘Maine food—Too good to waste’: Students lead the way to food waste solutions (Mitchell Center feature)
May 9, 2021 Green Plate Special: New UMaine program helps towns to turn food waste into ‘black gold’
May 3, 2021 AP Covers Mitchell Center Campaign to Reduce Food Waste
May 2, 2021 UMAINE Launches Campaign to Keep Food Out of Landfills
May 1, 2021 UMaine launches campaign to keep food out of landfills
April 30, 2021 DEP Partners with Mitchell Center to Launch Food Rescue MAINE Food Too Good to Waste Campaign
April 30, 2021 Pen Bay Pilot Advances Maine Food Too Good To Waste Campaign
April 27, 2021 Forecaster Reports on Portland Food Rescue Partnership with Mitchell Center
April 25, 2021 Food composting program piloted in Portland
April 22, 2021 Press Herald Reports on Portland Food Recycling Program Partnership with Mitchell Center
April 21, 2021 UMAINE Blackmer Lee Talk with Central Maine About Municipal Food Recycling Projects
April 12, 2021 WABI Reports on Food Waste Solutions Summit
April 9, 2021 Mitchell Center Held a Virtual Meeting to Discuss Food Waste in the State
April 6, 2021 Mitchell Center to Host Food Waste Solutions Summit Friday
April 2020 Helping Maine Businesses Find Food Waste Solutions (Mitchell Center feature)
