Columnist Features Harvest for Hunger

A Bangor Daily News column written by a former UMaine associate dean and associate professor of journalism Kathryn Olmstead featured Harvest for Hunger, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension-coordinated effort to respond to food insecurity in Maine by inviting gardeners and commercial to grow an extra row or two or to donate extra produce to help feed the hungry in Maine. UMaine Extension Director John Rebar said the program brings out the best in Maine, which is neighbors helping each other. Comments from Lisa Fishman, supervisor for UMaine Extension’s Eat Well program in the Northern Aroostook County office, and Jim Dwyer, crop specialist in the Central Aroostook County office, were also included.

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