{"id":30635,"date":"2023-09-18T11:38:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T15:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/?p=30635"},"modified":"2023-09-18T11:38:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T15:38:01","slug":"governor-mills-proclaims-maine-food-waste-awareness-week-september-25-29-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/2023\/09\/18\/governor-mills-proclaims-maine-food-waste-awareness-week-september-25-29-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Mills proclaims Maine Food Waste Awareness Week September 25-29, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26913 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2022\/07\/Consumer_Food_Waste_sm-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Consumer food waste on scale\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2022\/07\/Consumer_Food_Waste_sm-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2022\/07\/Consumer_Food_Waste_sm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2022\/07\/Consumer_Food_Waste_sm-105x105.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2022\/07\/Consumer_Food_Waste_sm-317x317.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2022\/07\/Consumer_Food_Waste_sm-423x423.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2022\/07\/Consumer_Food_Waste_sm-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2022\/07\/Consumer_Food_Waste_sm.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/>We wanted to share with you the exciting news that Governor Mills has issued an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/governor\/mills\/index.php\/official_documents\/proclamations\/2023-09-maine-food-waste-awareness-week-september-25-29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official Proclamation<\/a>\u00a0designating <strong>September 25-29, 2023 <\/strong>as<strong> Maine Food Waste Awareness Week!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In particular, we\u2019d like to thank the Maine Dept. of Education and the teachers, staff, and students who participated in our 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/foodrescuemaine\/2023\/08\/08\/pilot-5-maine-school-cafeteria-food-waste-study-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maine School Cafeteria Food Waste Study<\/a>. Their work enabled us to show the importance of food waste education in reducing food waste and improving student nutrition &#8211; while also saving money and fighting climate change. Their efforts helped generate food waste awareness and action in entire school communities.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Mills\u2019 proclamation recognizes their achievement and encourages all Maine schools\u2019 efforts to reduce food waste.<\/p>\n<h4><em>Maine K-12 schools have a special role in educating our next generation to reduce, recover, and recycle food, and this younger generation can help educate their families.<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>In recognition of <strong>Maine Food Waste Awareness Week<\/strong>, we would welcome your\u00a0efforts to share the Proclamation broadly with your own communities and schools.\u00a0Imagine the possible food waste-related events that could highlight Food Waste Awareness in your community activities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Help your schools add a Share Basket at breakfast and lunch meals \u2013 this can both reduce food waste and give food where needed.<\/li>\n<li>Highlight locations in your community that will take good, edible food donations.<\/li>\n<li>Challenge residents to collect and review their home food waste for one day &#8211; then give tips on how to reduce.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><em>\u201cI encourage all Maine people \u2013 young and old \u2013 to become aware of the wasted food in our homes, schools, and all around us, and to commit to stop throwing food away\u201d.<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>Governor Mills, Maine Food Waste Awareness Week Proclamation<\/p>\n<p>Please contact <a href=\"mailto:susanne.lee@maine.edu\">Susanne Lee<\/a> if you have any questions or need any additional information. Visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/foodrescuemaine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Food Rescue MAINE<\/strong> website <\/a>for more tools and ideas. Your efforts show the importance of working together to make great things happen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We wanted to share with you the exciting news that Governor Mills has issued an official Proclamation\u00a0designating September 25-29, 2023 as Maine Food Waste Awareness Week! In particular, we\u2019d like to thank the Maine Dept. of Education and the teachers, staff, and students who participated in our 2023 Maine School Cafeteria Food Waste Study. 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