Maine media highlight UMaine Food Innovation Lab
The Portland Press Herald, Mainebiz and WFVX (Channel 7) reported on the development of the new University of Maine Food Innovation lab. The facility, which is expected to open by the end of 2025, will feature three commercial food processing rooms, a walk-in cooler and freezer, various processing equipment, blast-freezing equipment, kettles, a classroom and more. At its regular meeting in Orono on Monday, the University of Maine System Board of Trustees authorized UMaine to spend $4.46 million in state and federal funds to create the UMaine Food Innovation Lab by renovating 4,800 square feet of existing space in the Keyo Building on the Orono campus and potentially adding a 1,200-square-foot addition.