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Maine Program Serves Local Food in Schools

Friday, January 6th, 2012

A few years ago, the fare on cafeteria trays in one Maine school district carried the same boring processed foods that litter many trays in schools nationwide. Not anymore, though. These days, nearly 40 percent of food served in Regional School Unit # 3 is locally produced. Blueberries, potatoes, corn and more find the way into school lunches. In addition, administrators have tossed the junk food in favor of healthier fare.

“I play sports so on gamedays I always come in, get a sandwich, and it fills you up, Tyler McCormick, a senior at Mt. View High School, told reporter Max Cole. “It’s not junk food or anything like that so it keeps the energy there.”

Mac and cheese made with local squash is served up at Dirigo High School in Dixfield, Me. (Photo by JEANNE LAPOINTE via Rumford Falls Times)

Homemade mac and cheese, complete with local squash, is served up at Dirigo High School in Dixfield, Maine. (Photo by JEANNE LAPOINTE via Rumford Falls Times)

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Local Food Harvested for Maine School Lunch

H.S. senior Sam Waxman harvests school garden for lunch in Yarmouth, Me. (Photo by AMY ANDERSON, The Forecaster)

High school senior Sam Waxman harvests greens from the school garden for lunch in Yarmouth, Maine. (Photo by AMY ANDERSON, The Forecaster)

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FoodCorps Helps Fill Education Gap in Maine

Friday, October 7th, 2011

As many teens know, school curriculum can be jam-packed with stuff you “have” to learn in order to fare well on standardized tests or keep up with grade level. As a result many subjects about real life – such as the growing, cooking and eating of good food – are left off of the course list. FoodCorps is doing something about that, in Maine and nine other states.

“Education is so prescribed these days,” teacher Linda Wilson told the Washington Post. “We don’t have the time or the resources. If someone comes in and is prepared to do it, it’s wonderful.”

FoodCorps member Nora Saks, 26, teaches a class in Portland, Maine about the food they've grown in their school garden. (Photo by FRED FIELD, The Washington Post)

FoodCorps member Nora Saks, 26, teaches a class in Portland, Maine, about nutrition in food grown in the school's garden. (Photo by FRED FIELD, The Washington Post)

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Maine FoodCorps Partners with Communities

FoodCorps members work a community garden in Maine. (Photo by U. OF MAINE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION)

FoodCorps members work a community garden in Maine. (Photo by U. OF MAINE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION)

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Maine Youths Rooted in Community

Friday, September 30th, 2011

Packing dirt from the community garden in with their luggage, three teenagers from Oxford, Maine, joined about 100 other teens recently at the national Rooted in Community conference in Philadelphia. There, the youths helped to craft The Youth Food Bill of Rights, determined ways to make good food affordable for all and cooked up strategies for ensuring food justice and growing community gardens.

“I want to inform my community about what is going on in these large food companies. We don’t know where our food is coming from, and how it’s processed,” teen Ian Allen, of Oxford, told fellow youth volunteers at the Alan Day Community Garden.

From left Eva Gabrielson, Brandon Nobles, Ian Allen and Rocky Crockett attended the Rooted in Community conference in Philadelphia.

From left Eva Gabrielson, Brandon Nobles, Ian Allen and Rocky Crockett attend the Rooted in Community conference in Philadelphia. (Photo via Sun Journal.)

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