MAVA Colleagues,
Found this interesting competition between school nutrition programs across the Commonwealth!! This winner for the month of March was our very own Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School!!!
We are pleased to send a shoutout food service director, Heather Bouley & her exceptional staff!!
David
Terrific Trays Competition
March 2025
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<![endif]>Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School (SVAHS)’s food service director, Heather Bouley & her lunch bunch crew have put together a wonderful tray ft. 7 (!!!) different local fruits and veggies, incl. tomatoes & squash from Bardwell Farm, and cucumbers and cauliflower from Plainville Farms. Their Mediterranean chicken gyro included romaine lettuce grown by SVAHS’s horticulture dept. And they’re celebrating March’s Harvest of the Month: Diary by serving feta from Maplebrook Farm and Greek yogurt from Cabot, VT.
Vote on your favorite local lunch tray of the year!
Join Massachusetts Farm to School and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Office for Food and Nutrition Programs (FNP) in celebrating School Year 2024-2025’s monthly Terrific Tray Winners!
School nutrition programs across the Commonwealth have submitted photographs of trays featuring delicious local foods sourced from local and regional farms, dairies, and fisheries. We now need YOU to cast your vote in selecting a 2025 Terrific Tray of the Year from among our monthly winners. Only one vote per person, please. Voting closes May 9, 2025.
The tray with the most votes will be recognized as the Terrific Tray of the Year in May 2025 at the Healthy Kids, Healthy Programs Summit.
Congratulations to all of the Terrific Tray winners for their outstanding representation of delicious, local foods across Massachusetts.
Chapter 74 Vocational Technical & Agricultural Education
LEARNING THAT WORKS FOR MASSACHUSETTS
David J. Ferreira
MAVA Communications Coordinator
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