Maryland Department of Agriculture

Officials Kick-off Maryland Homegrown School Lunch Week with Educational Activities and Local Produce at St. Mary's County School

 

MEDIA ADVISORY: Maryland Homegrown School Lunch Week Brings Fresh Maryland Food to Public Schools.

  

 

 

Maryland Homegrown School Lunch Week

Robin Phillips, Food Services Manager for the Dorchester County Board of Education, is excited to announce that all students in the Dorchester County Public Schools will have the opportunity to get a taste of fresh Maryland grown and/or Maryland produced food in their lunches each day during the fourth annual "Maryland Homegrown School Lunch Week," September 12-16, 2011.

Frederick County meals get 'homegrown' flavor - (Gazette.net)

Students will eat produce from orchards in Thurmont and Westminster

School Notes: Fresh produce stars in public school lunches (FrederickNewsPost.com)

Locally grown watermelons, apples and peaches are on the menu this week at Frederick County Public Schools as part of Maryland's Farm-to-School program.

School News: Wicomico schools to serve local watermelon (delmarvanow.com)

Tuesday menus in Wicomico County public schools include Mardela Springs-grown watermelon as the school system recognizes Maryland Farm-to-School Week.

West Towson Celebrates Maryland Homegrown School Lunch Week September 12-16 (West Town PTA)

Join us next week as we celebrate Maryland Homegrown School Lunch Week!

Lunch treat is healthy lesson (delmarvanow.com)

Watermelon queen talks to students at Northwestern about fruits, veggies

School lunches grown close to home (somdnews.com)

Week-long event brings fresh food to St. Mary's County public schools

Locally grown food to be featured in Carroll schools (carrollcountytimes.com)

Carroll County Public Schools, as well as school systems across the state, are taking part in the fourth annual Maryland Homegrown School Lunch Week.

Md. Launches 'Homegrown School Lunch' Week (WBOC.com)

The 11 public schools in Dorchester County are taking part in "Homegrown School Lunch" week this week.

Editor's Note: A collection of Anne Arundel education happenings of the week (hometownannapolis.com)

Students may come home from school next week with different lunch tales.

MD Homegrown School Lunch Week Brings Fresh MD Food to SMCPS (thebaynet.com)

Students in hundreds of public schools across the state will get a taste of fresh, Maryland-grown and produced food in their lunches during the Fourth Annual Maryland Homegrown School Lunch Week, September 12-16, 2011.

School system taps county farms for local produce (baltimoresun.com)

Carroll County Public Schools will participate in Maryland's Farm to School Program and the Maryland Homegrown School Lunch Week, Sept. 12-16.

PART 2: Thinking Outside the (Lunch) Box (crofton.patch.com)

Maryland has made great strides in promoting healthy eating with the Farm to School program which helps bring more Maryland-grown products to school lunch rooms.

Maryland Homegrown School Lunch Week begins Sept. 12 (baltimoresun.com)

A kickoff celebration for the fourth annual is being held on Friday, Sept. 9 at the Benjamin Banneker Elementary School in St. Mary's County, from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Mid-Shore students enjoy local produce (stardem.com)

Easton Mid-Shore public school students sampled some of the Eastern Shore's best locally grown produce last week as part of Maryland Homegrown School Lunch Week.