Publications by our Faculty


Ongoing
This is a repository for a variety of research documents and tools created by Food Studies students and faculty.

June 2019
A report co-authored by Dr. Jamie Picardy, et al, and published in the Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics

February 2019
Maine’s Food-Based Business and Farm Succession Technical Support and Planning Service Providers
A resource compiled and produced by the Food Studies Program

January 2019
A report co-authored by Dr. Jamie Picardy, et al, and published in the Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems Journal

September 2017
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): A Lifeline for Hungry Mainers
A follow-up report to Hunger Pains, written by Dr. Sandra S. Butler, professor at University of Maine, Orono’s School of Social Work

February 2017
Hunger Pains: Widespread Food Insecurity Threatens Maine’s Future
A collaborative report by Good Shepherd Food Bank and Preble Street Resource Center with contributions by USM’s graduate students and Dr. Michael Hillard

In the Press

March 25, 2019
Portland Press Herald (op-ed by Michael Hillard and Mark R. Swann)

July 25, 2018
ÐÓ°É´«Ã½, Food Studies Program News Item about graduate student intern Kate Holcomb
After the Internship: What’s Next?

June 2018
ÐÓ°É´«Ã½, Maine Economic Improvement Fund
MEIF Infographic

May 1, 2018
ÐÓ°É´«Ã½, Office of Public Affairs
Food Studies Program Hosts First-of-its-kind Gubernatorial Dialogue on Hunger

February 5, 2018
ÐÓ°É´«Ã½, Office of Public Affairs
Replay: “The USM Update” (featuring Michael Hillard, Director of Food Studies Program, and 2 Food Studies Program students)

November 22, 2017
ÐÓ°É´«Ã½, Office of Public Affairs
USM Voices: Hunger Banquet Teaches Us All to Be Thankful

May 30, 2017
The Chronicle of Higher Education
A Professor, Laid Off, Returns as Provost to Plot Her University’s Comeback

May 8, 2017
ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Alumni May Newsletter

April 27, 2017
ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Spotlight (newsletter for the public put out by USM’s Admissions office)

April 23, 2017
Portland Press Herald (op-ed by Ardis Cameron)

April 18, 2017
Free Press (article by USM student Asia DiBenedetti)

Spring 2017
Slow Money Maine

February 22, 2017
ÐÓ°É´«Ã½, Office of Public Affairs

February 21, 2017
Bangor Daily News

February 11, 2017
Bangor Daily News

January 26, 2017
WMPG Tuesday Night Talk Radio Club with Chris White

December 23, 2016
Bangor Daily News

November 7, 2016
Free Press
USM Launches a Food Studies Program

September 16, 2016
Portland Press Herald