{"id":32103,"date":"2024-08-29T16:37:24","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T20:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/?page_id=32103"},"modified":"2026-08-13T15:39:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T19:39:27","slug":"food-recovery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/food-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mainefoodatlas.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maine Food Atlas<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out this is amazing educational tool for helping communities envision and understand the diverse components of the our local and regional food system!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Food Insecurity<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/programs\/hunger-dialogue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maine Hunger Dialogue<\/a> works to inspire Maine&#8217;s college students to learn and work together to fight hunger across the state.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsfb.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Good Shepherd Food Bank<\/a> is affiliated with Feeding America and works in all 16 counties of Maine. Through close connection to the food industry they are able to collect and distribute food to local food pantries and meal sites.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fns.usda.gov\/use-share-tables-child-nutrition-programs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sharing Tables<\/a> encourage the consumption of nutritious foods while minimizing waste.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/news\/2017-05-nutrients-result-widespread-food.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nutrient Loss Study by Johns Hopkins Researchers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gleaning Programs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Gleaning is the act of collecting leftover crops from farmers&#8217; fields after they have been commercially harvested or on fields where it is not economically profitable to harvest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodrecoverynetwork.org\/maine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Maine Chapter of the Food Recovery Network<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/androscoggin-sagadahoc\/maine-harvest-for-hunger\/gleaning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Cumberland County, What is Gleaning?\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/healthyacadia.org\/hffa-degi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Healthy Acadia<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mainefarmersmarkets.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maine Federation of Farmers Markets<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.farmtoinstitution.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Farm to Institution New England<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrcm.org\/projects\/sustainability\/materials-management\/food-waste\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Natural Resource Council of Maine, Food Waste<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/vermontgleaningcollective.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vermont Gleaning Collective<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/254055231729485\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Central Maine Gleaners Group<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reducing Food Waste<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wri.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/numbers-business-case-reducing-food-loss-and-waste\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Companies Save Money by Reducing Food Loss and Waste<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/flwprotocol.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Addressing the Challenges of Quantifying Food Loss and Waste<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wri.org\/blog\/2017\/01\/can-we-really-cut-food-waste-half\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Can We Really Cut Food Waste in Half?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wri.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/10-ways-cut-global-food-loss-and-waste\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10 Ways to Cut Global Food Loss and Waste\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/supplychain.edf.org\/resources\/further-with-food-center-for-food-loss-and-waste-solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Further With Food Website<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wholecrops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Whole Crops<\/a>\u00a0is working to connect farm surplus with folks who can use it<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spoileralert.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spoiler Alert<\/a> app! This company is looking into whether or not it is worthwhile to expand heavily into Maine. Let&#8217;s show them it is!!!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maine Food Atlas Check out this is amazing educational tool for helping communities envision and understand the diverse components of the our local and regional food system! 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