The battle over Maine’s ‘right to food’ could be waged in cities and towns

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • November 15, 2021

More than a week after Mainers passed a new constitutional amendment guaranteeing a “right to food,” it’s still uncertain what it will look like when they begin to exercise that new right. The amendment grants Mainers the right to save and exchange seeds as well as grow, harvest, raise, produce and consume food of their own choice as long as an individual doesn’t steal, poach, trespass or otherwise abuse public or private lands.