Steady Work, Lasting Change: How Maine is Leveraging Federal Nutrition Programs to End Childhood Food Insecurity


September 2, 2025

Full Plates Full Potential School Meal September 2025

"At Full Plates, we believe federal nutrition assistance programs are the most powerful tools we have to end childhood food insecurity. When these programs are protected, funded, and implemented via best practices, they can transform not only individual lives but entire systems. In Maine, a rural state with the highest rate of child hunger in New England, we’re seeing just how effective that transformation is for communities."

Justin Strasburger, the Executive Director of Full Plates Full Potential, shares how the non profit works tirelessly to ensure that all Maine kids are fed - every meal, every day.

Read more at:
https://foodtank.com/news/2025/09/steady-work-lasting-change-how-maine-is-lever…