Cafe' Services now offers a variety of environmentally friendly products to all locations company wide. Our standard disposable products consist of 100% biodegradable plates, cups, salad containers and napkins.
Giving students hands-on experience with a school garden encourages support for local agriculture, reinforces pride in ownership and promotes healthy, sustainable lifestyles.
At the heart of our successful, school food service programs is our commitment to serving creative meals that not only taste good, but also are nutritious and fresh every day.
Fresh Picks Café Director Leads Mission to Make Healthy Food From Local Farms Easily Accessible to All
Windham Farm and Food (WFF), nurtured for three years as a non-profit enabling easy access to healthy locally produced food, is forging a new path as an independent, mission-driven LLC. Who better to help lead the local food aggregation and delivery service into its next period of growth than Fresh Picks Café Food Services Director, John Ayer?
Smart Snacks In School Puts USDA In Class With Fresh Picks Cafe
New USDA guidelines for offering healthy snacks in schools aim to bring kids across the country what Fresh Picks Café has been serving for over a decade: A variety of snack choices throughout the school day that not only taste good, but also meet the highest nutritional standards.
Café Services loves to use fresh veggies and fresh herbs in the meals that we serve! This year Fresh Picks Café began to pilot a Garden Grow Cart program in schools.
The Café Services team in partnership with the Lebanon SAU and HEAL are working hard to educate and energize students to Eat Smart, Get Out and Be Active.
The Second Annual Windham Farm Chef Workshop hosted by Cafe Services in conjunction with The Windham County Farm and Food Network brought local Chefs together to exchange ideas and prepare dishes using local produce.
Inter-lakes School District Food Service Program, managed by Café Services has partnered with Picnic Rock Farms through NH Farm to Schools to bring more fresh fruits and vegetables into the school lunch program.
The First Annual Barrington Food Pantry Soup, Chili & Chowder Festival was a great success! Thirty One people participated and donations reached $775.00, canned food items were received at the door.
Students were challenged to write menus that conformed to standards for the school lunch program and incorporated as many local ingredients as possible.
The first week of April was International Week at Middlebury Union High School. The cafeteria served featured foods from around the world, with items such as Ratatouille, Chicken Pad Thai & More!
"Cafe Services Fresh Picks Cafe' "serves" not only food, it also "serves" as one of our school partners to promote wellness, improve nutrition, increase the standard of quality, and importantly, to also serve as a positive connection to students."...
Brenda Needham
Superintendent, Windsor School District
Service, Nutrition and Value
"We depend on our food service vendor to provide nutritionally sound and filling meals at a low cost. That is a tough balance of priorities and requires the collaboration of the vendor and the school district, with input from parents and students. We have contracted our food service since 1981 and have worked with a number of national firms. New England-based Cafe' Services has proven to be the best...
Steven Hier
Business Manager, Springfield School District Springfield, VT
Dedicated and Professional
"I have utilized Cafe' Services as a food service management firm for over a decade. They are extremely dedicated and professional. The quality of the food and the preparation is excellent. They have never failed to listen to any concern or to act in the best interest of running a high quality food service program in a public school district."...
Keith M. Pfeifer
Superintendent of Schools, SAU #17
Successfully Balancing Nutrition, Health and Financial Requirements
"I have contracted with Cafe' Services for managing school district food service operations in three New Hampshire school districts since 1993. They have successfully balanced the nutritional, health, budgetary and financial requirements, not as an outside contractor but as an extension of the school district operations. They have been responsive to concerns, questions and special requirements of students...
