Statewide Program Aims to Promote Local Farms Pupils Help Harvest, Cook, Serve School Lunches

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MOUNT DESERT - As part of a statewide program aimed at promoting Maine growers and teaching children about a healthy diet, local pupils got to prepare their own lunch Wednesday and to serve it to farmers who grew the food.

For several days, pupils from schools on Mount Desert Island have been showing up at Beech Hill Farm, a local organic farm owned by College of the Atlantic, to learn about what the farm produces and to help harvest the food.

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Statewide Program Aims to Promote Local Farms Pupils Help Harvest, Cook, Serve School Lunches

The local program is part of Maine Harvest Day for School Lunch, which was proclaimed for Wednesday by Gov. John ...

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