PORTLAND MAINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOOD SERVICES

Portland’s Healthy, Sustainable Food System:Triple the amount of food dollars spent on local foods by 2016

Delicious School Lunch!

Oven Baked Chicken Drumstick, served Maine vegetables ( broccoli, steamed red potatoes & McIntosh Apple) and milk from a Portland Dairy

Portland, Maine

Largest district in Maine, 7,000 students, 1,243 staff

16 school buildings, 2 island schools, 3 contract sites

2 full service kitchens, 5 satellite kitchens, 1 central kitchen, 9 schools no kitchen at all

Maine’s most diverse population 51% Free, 2% Reduced meal eligible $3M Budget: $1.4M Food

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