UMaine Extension, Maine Harvest for Hunger mentioned in BDN article on gleaning
The University of Maine Cooperative Extension was mentioned in the Bangor Daily News article, “Ancient practice of gleaning returns to Maine.” Gleaning, or gathering leftover crops from farm fields after the farmer has done his or her harvest, is becoming a piece that may help solve Maine’s food insecurity puzzle, the article states. During the first annual Maine Gleaning Week this October, gleaners rescued 18,000 pounds of produce that otherwise would have been wasted, the BDN reported. Gleaning as a practice started to more officially come back into style in Maine in 2001, when UMaine Extension launched Maine Harvest for Hunger. That program asked gardeners and farmers to donate their extra produce to people in need and took advantage of yearly gleaning opportunities, according to the BDN.