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

 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