Maine Morning Star quotes Lee in article on Maine’s food waste ban
The Maine Morning Star interviewed Mitchell Center faculty fellow and Food Rescue MAINE team leader Susanne Lee, on Maine’s newly enacted food waste ban. Lee participated in a first-of-its-kind study in 2024, that provided concrete data showing more than 360,000 tons — or about 520 pounds for every person in the state — of food is wasted or lost in Maine annually. In the article, Lee said her team at Food Rescue MAINE is already doing some of that work to make sure the state is fully prepared once the law takes effect.