Congratulations to the recent round of MA FRESH & FRESH CORP Grant Recipients!
“The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced it is awarding $850,000 in state-funded, competitive Massachusetts Farming Reinforces Education and Student Health (FRESH) grants to 26 school districts and 11 early education and care programs. This funding supports National School Lunch Program and Child and Adult Care Food Program sponsors to start or expand their capacity to grow or procure local food and educate students, teachers, school nutrition professionals and staff about the local food system.” – Governor Healey Press Release
The state FY25 recipients:
MA FRESH
- Billerica Public School District: $16,668
- Boston Public School District: $30,000
- Brockton Day Nursery, Inc: $30,000
- Brockton Public School District: $20,000
- Chicopee Public School District: $1,985
- Communities United, Inc: $21,112
- Community Action, Inc: $28,053
- Dennis-Yarmouth Public School District: $26,870
- East End House: $29,214
- Gill-Montague Public School District: $27,540
- Hatfield Public School District : $3,848
- Leominster Public School District: $10,565
- Lowell Public School District: $30,000
- Merrimack Valley Young Men’s Christian Association, Inc: $20,785
- New Bedford Public School District: $28,054
- North Middlesex Public School District: $6,550
- Orange Public School District: $6,710
- Oxford Public School District: $2,950
- People Incorporated: $22,871
- Provincetown Public School District: $8,000
- South Shore YMCA: $21,648
- Taunton Public School District: $29,985
- Westford Public School District: $16,600
- Whitman-Hanson Public School District: $30,000
- Worcester Public School District: $30,000
MA FRESH – Coordination and Optimization of Resources and Partnerships
- Acton-Boxborough Public School District: $28,961
- Boston Public School District: $48,316
- Bristol County Agricultural Public School District: $35,420
- Chicopee Public School District: $16,620
- Collaborative for Regional Educational Service and Training: $14,950
- Crispus Attucks Children’s Center: $17,600
- Frontier Public School District : $27,372
- Gloucester Public School District: $16,075
- MetroWest YMCA: $15,023
- Nauset Regional Public School District: $17,700
- Northampton Public School District: $15,125
- Robbins Children’s Programs, Inc: $26,591
- Salem Public School District: $44,039
- Watertown Public School District: $26,200
Press Release: Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $850,000 for Locally Grown, Nutritious Food in Schools and Child Care Centers
