Zoom registration information will be posted shortly.
The Maine Food Waste Solutions Summit is Maine’s statewide event focused on ending wasted food and food loss in our state. The Summit brings together our state’s key food system participants—farms, businesses, feeding partners, community leaders, and nonprofit organizations – to focus on ending food waste in Maine.
This year, we will highlight the bottom line economic benefits that Maine communities, schools, businesses, and households are achieving by simply remembering that food is always a valuable resource packed with energy and nutrients – it is never waste!
Attendees are encouraged to bring questions and ideas, as each session will feature Q&A time – and our always lively online group chat will be moderated by our Mitchell Center team to encourage sharing between speakers and participants.
Summit Overview:
- Keynotes: National and Local Wasted Food Solution Updates
- Maine Food Resource Management: An Economic Opportunity
- Maine “Success Stories”
- Interns at Work: Maine Wasted Food Solution Pilots
Join us for this statewide Summit to learn why and how to end wasted food and food loss – and build a stronger Maine food system with simple individual and community action!
Food waste data is grim: 40% of food produced is never eaten, yet 1 in 8 Maine households suffer from food insecurity. Food is the single largest component of Maine’s solid waste system at 30%. And 97% of that waste ends up in landfills where it releases contaminants and produces methane gas—threatening our water and climate. Food waste also squanders valuable resources like energy, labor, soil, and nearly 25% of U.S. freshwater supplies which are used to produce food that is never eaten.
Please contact Susanne Lee at susanne.lee@maine.edu for additional information.
