Food & Nutrition Services School Meals Update: Celebrate National Nutrition Month!
Published on Feb 26, 2021 10:34

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Food & Nutrition Services Update: March 2021

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Celebrate National Nutrition Month!


This month, we recognize the importance of nutrition! There is no better time to acknowledge how the nutrition we receive from the food we eat gives our bodies energy, activity, sustenance, and care. Every week we’re highlighting tips and activities in celebration of the foods we love!

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The March Menu is Now Available!

The in-person and remote menus for the month of March 2021 are now available on the Food & Nutrition website. 

Remote March Menu >>
In-Person March Menu >>

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Get Creative with Our Nutrition Poster Challenge

CPS Nutrition is looking to collect fun, new, and creative expressions of art to personalize and brighten up the walls of the cafeteria! Our goal is to highlight favorite selections on social media, and enlarge drawings into posters. We're extending this invitation for all Cambridge students (remote, hybrid, in-person) to join in the collection.

Send submissions anytime in March to:
– Cambridge Food Services, 158 Spring St, Cambridge, MA 02141
– Scanned or emailed in color to [email protected]

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Lunch & Learn

Every Wednesday in March, two Registered Dietitian Nutritionists – Shennie Quintanilla from Cambridge Food Services & Rachael Cross from Cambridge Public Health Department – will be at two remote meal pick up sites to provide fun nutrition tips & giveaways at a social distance!

Join us at a site near you!

3/3 - Morse, King
3/10 - Haggerty, King Open
3/17 - Baldwin, Peabody
3/24 - FMA, Tobin
3/31 - Fresh Pond Apartment, 30 Cambridgepark Drive

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Lower Cost Healthy Eating!

cim logoDid you know that canned fruits, vegetables, and beans are just as healthy as fresh ones? Did you know that frozen fruits and vegetables are good for you, too? Canned and frozen foods are just as good for our bodies, taste great and last longer so you don’t have to worry about them going bad and wasting money! Buy canned vegetables that are low-sodium or have no added salt and canned fruits in light syrup or water for the healthiest options. Buy frozen fruits with no added sugars. Buy frozen vegetables that aren’t in sauces, which are likely to be high in salt and saturated fats. From your friends at Cambridge in Motion, a program of the Cambridge Public Health Department, in collaboration with CPS Food & Nutrition Services.

Visit Central Square’s NEW low cost, non-profit grocery store The Daily Table where customers save an average of 30% on groceries. Everything in the store is SNAP eligible. Customers paying with SNAP get an additional 50% off fresh produce through the Double Up Food Bucks Program, up to $10/day.
Food Resources for Cambridge Residents (pantries, community meals, food box delivery options, school meals, meals on wheels, etc.) in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Amharic, and Mandarin.

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