NORWAY — Norway’s local food council, Community Food Matters (CFM), is excited to announce its first public forum since the start of the pandemic. It will be held outdoors on Saturday, June 4 from 4-6 p.m. at Alan Day Community Garden, at the end of Whitman Street in Norway. Everyone is welcome.

Members of the food council will be present to share updates on a wide range of community food projects. There will also be information for anyone interested in learning more or getting involved in local food system work.

Come to learn about these exciting projects that are making good, often local, foods available to more of our friends and neighbors:

•  The Harrison Food Pantry that is supplying food to folks in over 90 towns;
•  SAD 17’s Farm to School project at Roberts Farm;
•  Exciting new projects at Alan Day Community Garden, including a huge new greenhouse and a kitchen being built;
•  Foothills Foodworks, which is delivering meals to hundreds of local folks, often with the help of the •  •  •  Spoke Folks bicycle cooperative;
•  Cooking classes offered as part of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program);
•  Harvest Buck benefits at Fare Share Co-op that double dollars spent on local foods;
•  Other Community Food Councils in Maine.

Families are welcome and there will be activities for children so parents and guardians can have a chance to connect. There will be a shared meal of summer salads. For more information, please contact CFM Coordinator Seal Rossignol at [email protected] or call 739-2101.