UMaine Extension’s Gleaning Initiative cited in Down East magazine article
The Gleaning Initiative, a partnership between Healthy Acadia and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was mentioned in a Down East magazine article on Hannah Semler, a Hancock County farmer who participates in the program. Through the initiative, Semler, Maine’s only full-time professional gleaning coordinator who works for Healthy Acadia, takes calls from Hancock County farmers who have surplus produce that would otherwise go to waste, according to the article. She brings the excess produce to the county’s 12 food pantries and six weekly community meals. UMaine’s Master Gardener Volunteers help Semler with harvesting leftover produce from the fields where it’s grown, the article states.