2015 Maine Harvest for Hunger donations break record, AP reports
The Associated Press reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension has distributed more food through its Maine Harvest for Hunger program in 2015 than in any year in the program’s 15-year history. The program, which organizes farmers, businesses, gardeners, schools and civic groups to donate food, gave more than 318,000 pounds of food to 188 distribution sites and individuals, according to the article. Almost 500 volunteers spent more than 5,000 hours on the donation work in 2015, the article states. Maine has the highest rate of food insecurity in New England, and ranks 12th in the United States. Fosters.com, The Republic in Indiana, and The Monitor in Texas carried the AP report. WVII (Channel 7) and The Maine Edge also reported on the program.