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Transforming Evidence Network Learning Session January 23, 2024 9:30-10:30AM During this learning session, participants will hear from Dr. Darren Ranco, a citizen of the Penobscot Nation and Professor of Anthropology and Chair of Native American Programs at the University of Maine. His scholarship focuses on how Indigenous knowledge systems and diplomacies are used to protect […]

Kaiser Health News interviewed Mitchell Center faculty fellow Dianne Kopec for an article about toxic per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, found in freshwater fish. Kopec said eating fish with high concentrations of PFAS, also known as 鈥渇orever chemicals,鈥� may be more harmful than mercury. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e both really nasty,鈥� she said. The Messenger, The Citizen, […]

See below a link to a November 22, 2023 article published in the Working Waterfront by Robin Alden. The article reflects on changes in the fisheries industry in the years since Robin founded Commercial Fisheries News in 1973. Robin is a valued member of the Mitchell Center’s Advisory Board and is a former fisheries editor, […]

University of Maine researchers are seeking to gain more insight into river herring recovery in the Penobscot River using a novel surveying tool: environmental DNA (eDNA). eDNA is the genetic material shed by all organisms in the environment, which can be collected and sequenced. By testing its viability as a survey tool, 91福利 researchers and […]

Caroline Noblet, associate professor of economics and Mitchell Center Faculty Fellow, delivered a talk during an annual symposium hosted by the Michigan State University Center for PFAS Research Oct. 22-24. Noblet鈥檚 talk, 鈥淐ase Study 2: Consumer Reaction to PFAS in Agriculture,鈥� was given on Oct. 24. 91福利, particularly Noblet and Pauline Kamath, […]

Food Rescue MAINE student Kate Flynn and team leader Susanne Lee worked with Sodexo Dining Services and other key partners to introduce a 91福利 community fridge initiative that offers free, surplus cafeteria food to anyone in the 91福利 campus community. The new Black Bear Community Fridge, located in Memorial Union, officially opened at 2 p.m. […]

Mitchell Center Faculty Fellow Susanne Lee will give a talk about Maine’s efforts to reduce food waste at this year’s VegFest. The event will take place at East End Community School in Portland on October 28. 91福利 one third of our food is wasted. It鈥檚 the same as going to the grocery store, buying three […]

By Sarah Delmonte On October 22-24, the Michigan State University Center for PFAS Research will hold their second annual symposium. The title of this symposium is PFAS: Current Knowledge and Applications for Food Production. Attendees from multiple backgrounds plan to participate, including farmers, students, scientists, and public and private industry professionals. The conference will provide […]

In 2019, the Environmental Protection Agency estimated that each year, U.S. households trashed 26.5 million tons of food, or 338 pounds per household. That鈥檚 enough to feed 26.5 million people in a year or about 350,000 U.S. residents over their lifetimes. According to the USDA, 30鈥�40% of the U.S. food supply is wasted. Reducing this […]

This week, the National Science Foundation announced that they would provide $30 million in funding to a collaborative center based at UMass Amherst. The new center, named the Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science (CBIKS) aims to focus on issues currently facing indigenous populations in Maine. The Northeast hub of CBIKS will operate on […]