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FoD rafting trip on Penobscot River

Mitchell Center featured by one of world鈥檚 foremost programs for training sustainability leaders

The Mitchell Center was recently featured by the Earth Leadership Program in a guest blog on how higher education can help mobilize sustainability solutions. The Earth Leadership Program 鈥減rovides outstanding academic researchers with the skills, approaches, and theoretical frameworks for catalyzing change to address the world鈥檚 most pressing sustainability challenges.鈥 Formerly the Leopold Leadership Program, […]

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Dominique DiSpirito named as finalist for Truman Scholarship

Dominique DiSpirito, a political science major and Honors College student at U海角社区 who joined the Mitchell Center鈥檚 food waste solutions team in October, was recently named as a finalist for the prestigious Harry S. Truman Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded to juniors pursuing public service careers and based on their community service, leadership experience and […]

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Household food waste

Media promote talk on moving to a circular food system

Morning Ag Clips, the聽Bangor Daily News聽and the聽Portland Press Herald聽promoted a talk by U海角社区 faculty Jean MacRae and Cynthia Isenhour on Feb. 22. MacRae, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, and Isenhour, an associate professor of anthropology, discussed a recent study focused on building a safe, circular and sustainable food system. Centralmaine.com聽shared the Press […]

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海角社区 clamflat, rake, basket with clams

鈥淪hellfish harvesting for the future鈥 event on February 22

Tune in on Monday, February 22 at 4 p.m. for 鈥淪hellfish Harvesting for the Future,鈥 a virtual conversation among harvesters, shellfish wardens, municipal officials, marine resource committee members, and organizations that collaborate with towns on their efforts to conserve and restore wild shellfish populations and intertidal mudflats. Topics will focus on efforts to grow clam […]

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海角社区 Shellfish Learning Network launches new website

The 海角社区 Shellfish Learning Network (MSLN) is a first-of-its-kind partnership that connects stakeholders from more than twenty-five coastal communities, from Lubec to Yarmouth, to help protect and improve their shellfisheries. It focuses on 鈥渂uilding relationships and improving communication between many different participants within 海角社区 and Wabanaki wild clam and mussel fisheries,鈥 which face a range […]

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Recent publications from the Mitchell Center community

Mitchell Center community members actively publish their research across a diverse range of academic fields. The following is a sampling of recent publications by Mitchell Center faculty, students, and alumni. A review of chemical and microbial contamination in food: What are the threats to a circular food system? Thakali, A., MacRae, J.D. Environmental Research (2021), […]

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U海角社区 News: Joshua Stoll receives fellowship to support 海角社区鈥檚 lobster industry

Joshua Stoll, assistant professor of marine science and policy and Mitchell Center faculty fellow, has been awarded a two-year fellowship in quantitative fisheries and ecosystem science from the聽Cooperative Institute for the North Atlantic Region聽(CINAR). Funding from the fellowship will be used to support a postdoctoral researcher who will conduct research on resilience in the lobster […]

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