Maine FoodCorps program cited in Kennebec Journal article on Pittston school

The Kennebec Journal reported the Pittston Consolidated School received a $1,400 grant from central Maine dairy farmers to promote more healthful eating and exercise. The Fuel Up to Play 60 program will enable the school to buy equipment for its playground, kitchen and physical education program as well as supplies for a new nutritional program, according to the article. The equipment will be used by a volunteer from the Maine FoodCorps program who will visit the school each week for the rest of the year to provide education in eating healthfully, the article states. The Maine FoodCorps program is the state branch of a national program that teaches healthful eating, expands school-based gardens and increases locally grown food in school cafeterias. The University of Maine Cooperative Extension oversees the state program.