Lee to give talk on food waste, climate change link on Dec. 8

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

December 1, 2022 News

Food Rescue Maine banner Susanne Lee will give a talk about the link between food waste and climate change at the Northeast Harbor Library on December 8 at 5:30 p.m. The public can attend the talk in person or by Zoom. Go to the December calendar on the library’s website for information on registering for the Zoom option.

Lee talked about this issue last fall in an interview on Maine Public Radio. She said the value of the food that’s wasted “is not counting the cost of the water, the energy, the labor that goes into producing that food that’s never eaten. They say it’s analogous to going to the grocery store, buying five bags of groceries and on the way to your trunk you drop two of them.”