UMaine creating $4.5 million Food Innovation Lab

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • July 16, 2024

The University of Maine will spend $4.5 million in state and federal funds to create the UMaine Food Innovation Lab to support the state’s growing food and beverage manufacturing sectors on the Orono campus. “This facility will provide support to Maine’s food entrepreneurs through its proximity to research, education and expertise that is critical to grow Maine’s food businesses,” said Hannah Carter, dean of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension.