This is the first segment of a special two-hour Maine Calling, as we continue to cover the impacts that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the people of Maine. For the second segment, click here.
Guests
Celeste Poulin, division director, quality assurance and regulations, Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry
Allison Lakin, owner, Lakin’s Gorge’s Cheese, East Forty Farm in Waldoboro
Lee Nile (call-in), store manager, Food City in Wilton
Steve Hewins (call-in), president & CEO, Hospitality Maine
Sarah Alexander (call-in), executive director, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association
Kristin Miale (call-in), president, Good Shepherd Food Bank
Resources
- Maine Grocery Stores Take Steps To Keep Shoppers And Employees Safe During Outbreak
- How to safely handle groceries during the pandemic
- Maine DACF Interim Guidance for Cleaning and Disinfection of Food Manufacturing Facilities and/or Retail Food Stores for COVID-19
- UMaine Extension: Maine Farm and Seafood Products Directory
- As Restaurants Close, Website Connects Maine Farmers With Consumers
- As corporate clients dry up, Maine farmers are finding ways to feed their communities
- One Waldoboro farmer seeks urgent solutions to current economy
- MOFGA director: No Maine farm should go out of business during this pandemic
- How Portland Restaurants Are Trying To Adapt To Empty Dining Rooms
- "Take-Out Challenge" in Waterville sets out to help struggling area restaurants
