Portland Public Schools has been serving locally grown fruits and vegetables each month, making a point of letting kids know the farm and farmer who grew each “Harvest of the Month” item. In February, lunch trays featured Hilltop Farms’ rutabagas grown by the Kerslake family, and plenty of kids were licking their lips. Need to see it to believe it? You can! Listen to Atkinson Elementary School students rave in this lovely video.
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We’re excited about the opportunities FoodHub provides to school districts, and hope to see more and more kids in the cafeteria eating rutabagas with a smile. “Yeah! Pretty cool.”