What do Mainers think about local food and seafood? What barriers prevent them from buying more? And what can municipal leaders do to make local food more accessible to residents? Join us as the Maine Food Strategy presents findings of the 2014 Consumer Survey Report, a statewide survey recently released detailing the food-purchasing habits of […]
Join the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development for this "Foodiepreneur" Lunch and Learn session. Get advice on manufacturing, branding and selling your food product. Joining us will be John Entwistle, Business Counselor of the Maine SBDC, Taja Dockendorf, Principal Creative and Brand/Energy Builder for Pulp and WIre, and Gena Canning, Managing Partner of Pine State Trading. Each of the speakers will […]
Join Maine Farmland Trust on Tuesday, October 14 at Colby College in Waterville for a day of discussion and workshops exploring the opportunities for strong farm to institution partnerships in Maine. Keynote: Clara Coleman, Four-Season Farming for the Wholesale Market This event is an opportunity for institutions, dining services, distributors, farmers, nonprofits, and others to […]
UU Theatre will stage “Hunger Pains,” a one-act play that speaks to the issue of food insecurity as we experience in the state of Maine. Written by a Bates College student who volunteered at the Good Shepherd Food Bank of Auburn, this play reveals the growing reality of living with hunger in Maine. Q&A panel […]
UU Theatre will stage “Hunger Pains,” a one-act play that speaks to the issue of food insecurity as we experience in the state of Maine. Written by a Bates College student who volunteered at the Good Shepherd Food Bank of Auburn, this play reveals the growing reality of living with hunger in Maine. Q&A panel […]
Organized by the Maine School Garden Network, the Maine Farm to School Network, FoodCorps Maine, and Maine Agriculture in the Classroom. Follow website link below FMI.
The Farm to Institution Summit is a first-year conference that will bring together leaders from the Northeast who are working to get more local and regional food into schools, colleges, health care and other institutions. Join hundreds of other farm to institution advocates for three exciting days of learning, sharing, exploring and connecting. The summit […]
Overlapping with and following the FINE Farm to Institution Summit on April 7-9th, the Northeast Campus Sustainability Consortium and the New England Campus Sustainability Forum will hold an annual event on April 9th and 10th at UMASS Amherst. The event is entitled "Strengthening Ties for Collective Impact: Campus Sustainability in the Northeast Region". FINE is […]
Last Tuesday of every month, 5:30 - 7:30 pm at the St. Mary's Nutrition Center (address below). Everyone welcome! Suggested donation of $5, no one turned away for lack of funds. A community get together and meal where participants practice healthy cooking techniques, try new foods, and set healthy eating goals together. Recipes feature seasonal fruits […]
The Farmers' Market Opens for the Summer of 2015! Times and location are the same as last season: 10:00 am - 1:00 pm at the municipal parking lot on the corner of Bates on Main Street. New vendors and thanks to the work of the Friends of the Market Committee lots of exciting activities in […]