Acheson, Murphy Scheduled for Radio Program

UMaine Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center Research Associate Ann Acheson and Barbara Murphy from the Cooperative Extension faculty will be part of a panel discussion on WERU radio, 10-11 a.m. Friday Dec. 17.  WERU is at 89.9FM with live streaming online. The subject will be local agriculture as a means for addressing hunger in Knox County and Waldo County.  Acheson, editor of Maine Policy Review, wrote a 2009 report detailing issues related to poverty in Maine.