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Media

In the News

• "Portland Public Schools Developing Culturally Important School Lunch Menu," Maine DOE Newsroom, May 5, 2022.
• "McNamara, partners creating new Farm to School Institute for Maine," Morning Ag Clips, November 30, 2021.
• "Maine program aims to bring local foods to students' plates," WGME, July 11, 2020.
• Federal "Farm to School" program intended to connect students with food programs, Morning Ag Clips, July 6, 2020.
• USDA to help Maine schools develop local food projects, WABI Bangor, July 5, 2020.
• Several Maine organization to receive grant money through "Farm to School" program, WMTW, July 5, 2020.
• Collins, King Announce Nearly $250,000 to increase Local Food in Maine Schools, Susan Collins, July 1, 2020. 
• "Portland Public Food Fund awards grants to school nutrition projects," Portland Press Herald, December 24, 2019.
• "Fighting food insecurity in Portland schools," by Cameron O'Brien, News Center Maine, April 29, 2019.
• "Portland schools help bridge food gap for students," by Kate Irish Collins, The Forecaster, October 9, 2018. 
• ​​"Portland schools, others working to boost participation in food insecurity programs," by Jim Hanna and Xavier Botana, Portland Press Herald, June 5, 2018. 
• ​"Portland Public Schools launch new food fund," WGME, December 18, 2018. ​

Cafeteria Classroom

Here you can learn more about where your food comes from, how it helps you grow, and where it goes when you're done with it!

• Join us at home for weekly lessons about growing food, cooking, composting, nutrition and more!
• Check out these fun food related activities to try at home
• Learn about Maine's Harvest of the Month and find some recipes and fun facts
• Meet who is preparing the delicious, local foods each week at Central Kitchen

Portland Public Schools Food Services Branding Campaign

As part of our FY2020 USDA Farm to School Implementation Grant, we developed a branding campaign, with the help of marketing consultation firm Craft, for the Portland Public Schools Food Service Department. The product of this investment created a robust marketing strategy, logo, and infrastructure for the PPS Food Service Department to increase its meal participation through direct advertisement of its offerings. We continuously provide the infrastructure (in staff investment) to enable the PPS Food Service Department to maintain an online presence in order to increase the success of its programs. 

Check them out here!
Portland Public Schools Food Services Facebook
Portland Public Schools Food Services Instagram