Mount Desert Islander advances panel discussion featuring Isenhour

Mount Desert Islander reported Cindy Isenhour, UMaine professor of anthropology and climate change, and facilitator of the legislature’s Stakeholder Working Group to Address Food Waste in Maine, will participate in a panel discussion following a keynote address by U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree at the College of the Atlantic Sept. 20. Other participants on the panel include Emily Horton, staffer for Pingree; Ryan Parker, farmer and environmental outreach coordinator for the Natural Resources Council of Maine; and Betsy Garrold, president of Food for Maine’s Future. The free public talks are part of COA’s annual Farm Day event.