Cumberland County Food Security Council

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Cumberland County Food Security Council Educating, Advocating, and taking Action for a Hunger Free Cumberland County. Everyone is welcome!

Please join us at our next bi-monthly council meeting (check our 'Events' section to see when and where the next meeting will be held). The CC Food Security Council is made up of engaged citizens, community leaders, and representatives from local organizations that are leading the fight against hunger in Cumberland County and across Maine. Our efforts focus on educating our community about why our neighbors are food insecure and what can be done to create greater food security in our county. We advocate for policy changes and decision-making that support systemic change and ground level action. We believe that we can accomplish more together and that collaborative advocacy and collective action can produce a hunger-free Maine.

3rd haul from Pineland! Peppers, peppers & more peppers! Delivered hundreds of pounds to Portland, Westbrook and Auburn ...
08/17/2026

3rd haul from Pineland! Peppers, peppers & more peppers! Delivered hundreds of pounds to Portland, Westbrook and Auburn Public Schools. 🫑📚🌶️ (and thousands of pounds throughout the state)

We’ve got one more harvest day on Thursday to clear out the rows, so help us finish strong! Link in our bio to sign up. 💚

08/12/2026

How many Pineland Peppers can Peter Piper PICK?! 🫑♻️ We gleaned over 2500 lbs of peppers from Pineland Farms on Monday, and we just scratched the surface of what is out there.

There are much more that will go unused unless we get LOADS of folks out there on FRIDAY (8/14) and MONDAY (8/17)! Tell your friends, colleagues and casual acquaintances to come enjoy the harvest of their dreams with this cross-county effort.

Sign up through the link in our bio (& you need not have gleaned with us before).

🌶️HOT ALERT: (BIG) Pepper 🫑 Harvest Monday at Pineland Farms! Sign up and spread the word!What’s the saying, “Peter Pipe...
08/07/2026

🌶️HOT ALERT: (BIG) Pepper 🫑 Harvest Monday at Pineland Farms! Sign up and spread the word!

What’s the saying, “Peter Piper Picked a Peck of *Pineland* Peppers” ?? Well however much a peck is, we’re picking more! We’re looking at 4 rows of peppers, each approx. 4 football fields in length. Wowza!

We need as many hands as we can get on this and maybe even some more vehicles to help deliver afterward. We’re joining forces with other gleaning organizations in Maine, so it’s a once-in-a-Summer opportunity (though we hope for more!)

Please spread the word & sign up through the link in our bio! 🫑❤️♻️

07/30/2026

Come glean with us at the Portland Saturday Farmers Market! 🫛🥕🫜 This is a great way to enjoy the market and connect with farmers. We need some more hands this weekend (8/1), and we will be there every Saturday through November (12:30-1). 🌱
Sign up to join us through the link in our bio!

PS we especially need some extra hands this weekend 6/20!

Last week we gleaned strawberries from Jordan’s Farm, and we were joined by our dear friend Connor, who was coordinating...
07/22/2026

Last week we gleaned strawberries from Jordan’s Farm, and we were joined by our dear friend Connor, who was coordinating these gleans just months ago 🍓❤️

07/06/2026

Some beautiful shots of us gleaning at Frith Farm, where the produce is so abundant that we glean every week! 🥬 Join us on Wednesdays (8:30-11am) through the link in our bio! 🌱

Want to see what a full day in the life of our gleaners looks like? Check out the full video by Philip Han, also through the link in our bio! 😁

Nourish your community with ! Apply to be a School Nutrition corps member in Southern Maine and work with CCFSC, our par...
02/19/2026

Nourish your community with ! Apply to be a School Nutrition corps member in Southern Maine and work with CCFSC, our partnering school districts, and local communities to promote nourishing school food environments.

School Nutrition corps members spend one year connecting with food service directors, community partners, farmers, and school district leaders to:
🥕Support getting more local foods onto the lunch line
🥕Drive menu development that highlights nourishing & culturally important school meals (including our partnership with )
🥕 Ensure school communities celebrate food from hallways to classrooms to the cafeteria

Apply by March 30: foodcorps.org/apply

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494 US-Route 1
Yarmouth, ME

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+12079393854

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