Every fall, school districts across the state celebrate Maine Harvest Lunch - a celebration of the bounty
of Maine's harvest featuring local foods on the school menu. RSU 20 joins in the celebration!
Each day during Harvest week, the school lunch main entree
will feature a Maine-made or farmed item, including:
Beef from Curtis Custom Meats, Warren
Chicken from Mainly Poultry, Warren
Fish from Port Clyde Fresh Catch Coop from Port Clyde
Cheese for pizza from the State of Maine Cheese in Rockport
Carrots & Melons from Cross Patch Farm in Morrill
Apples from Mindel Farm, Plymouth
Blueberries from Wyman’s in Milbridge
Watermelon from Common Sense Farm in Thorndike
AND assorted vegetables from the THMS Garden Project!
These items will be featured most of the school year.
We encourage you to have your students participate in the school lunch program.
Quiz: How well do you know Maine Agriculture?
Maine is America's largest blueberry growing state raising 98% of the low-bush
blueberries in the United States.
Maine is 2nd in the nation in the production of maple syrup and Maine’s Somerset
County produces more maple syrup than any other county in the country
Maine ranks 5th in the nation among producers of fall potatoes and acreage.
Maine leads the nation in production of brown eggs.
You can help celebrate with us — Visit local farms, farmers markets, Maine
agricultural fairs, or check out farm related books from your local library.
Don’t forget about Maine aquiculture! Also, the Get Real, Get Maine website at www.getrealmaine.com is an excellent resource for locating farms and events in Maine.