Local Food for a Healthier New England!
A COOPERATIVE APPROACH
Your Partner in Building a Local Resilient Maine Food System!
We increase access to local foods through innovative partnership development and project design, supportive funding, value-added processing, consulting, and matching buyers with Maine farmers and fishers.
MF&SC provides value to our membership by developing a Maine-based supply chain that serves Mainers from Farm to Institution and creates a model for others to go by.
After the last few years putting it all together, here's what we have accomplished as of January 2024...
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Secure 90,000 pounds of produce purchases from Maine farms in 2022-25
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Produce 600 cases of Maine Marinara purchased by Maine schools in 2024
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Support market development of farm seconds and upcycled products through the USDA 2nd Harvest Partnership
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Foster a 25% increase in farm to school purchases through a USDA Implementation grant
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Produce 6,000 pounds of healthy, hearty upcycled greens distributed through Maine’s emergency food system
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Secure $2.5M in grants awarded since 2022 to support local food purchases and processing
Thank You to Our Partners
The work we accomplish would not be possible without the generous support of the USDA, The Elmina B. Sewall Foundation, The Maine Community Foundation, The Cooperative Development Institute, and many other. Please visit our Partners page for more information.
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