Hilltop Schools in Somersworth, NH are part of the national "Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Program" (FFVP).  They received a $10,000 grant from the New Hampshire Department of Education to take part in the FFVP initiative.  As a result they are able to serve students a new fresh fruit or veggie snack each day.  These healthy snacks have included strawberries, watermelon, cucumber, baked potato snacks and more!

And they're even using local farms to source a lot of their fruits and veggies. Fiddlehead Farms Marketplace, in Dover, NH,  helps to order the produce, and one of their staff members visits the school once a month to let students "taste test" fruits and veggies they may not have tried before.

You can check out the full news article in the Fosters Daily Democrat online by clicking here.

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