Northampton Public Schools

Free Meals for All Students

Every student attending Northampton Public Schools may have one Free Breakfast and one Free Lunch each day at school.

Freshampton: School Nutrition Services of NPS

Our Mission

Freshampton is the School Nutrition Services of the Northampton Public School District. We are responsible for providing NPS students with breakfast and lunch each school day, as well as organizing farm to school programming for students in the classroom through connections with community organizations. Our goal at Freshampton is to provide delicious and nourishing meals to students everyday. Our dedicated kitchen staff prepare breakfast and lunch daily to provide students with fresh meals that will keep them full throughout the school day. This involves sourcing almost 30% of our produce from local farmers to get quality ingredients that support the larger Northampton community.

May 2, 2025: School Lunch Hero Day

In the News!

Massachusetts Farm to School Highlights Northampton Public Schools
Learn more about how the NPS School Nutrition Department (Freshampton) is benefitting from The Northeast Food For Schools Federal Grant Program
NPR: Aiming for healthier, more popular meals, schools try taste tests, local food and weekend options
For our Hunger Awareness Week coverage, we visited JFK Middle School in Northampton to speak with the nutrition director for the district, Mistelle Hannah.
MA Farming Reinforces Education and Student Health (MA FRESH) Grant Program Awards
Northampton Public Schools | $9,366 ($36,164 FY24) Northampton, MA
Project Bread: Triton & Northampton Lunch Visits Demonstrate the Impact of School Meals for All
Our team had the chance to visit two schools and to see (and taste!) the impact of Universal School Meals.
Advocates call for permanent free school meals in Massachusetts Posted: May 16, 2023 / 05:09 PM EDT Updated: May 16, 2023 / 07:02 PM EDT
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – Project Bread, the state’s leading anti-hunger organization, hosted legislators and school officials at JFK Middle School Tuesday.
Weekend Meals
Dec 26, 2024 — A pilot program to provide food for food-insecure Northampton schoolchildren on weekends
Summer Meals Celebrate Local Foods
While school was out in July and August, communities across the Commonwealth ensured that children still had access to healthy foods by operating summer meal programs.
Massachusetts Farm to School: 2022-23 Institute Wrap Up
The 2022-23 Massachusetts Farm to School Institute included teams from Northampton, Salem, Westport Public Schools, and Worcester Head Start. Here are some reflections from the different Institute teams about their experiences and the many initiatives they were able to implement this year!

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Non-Discrimination Statement:

In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online here, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
fax:
(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
email:
program.intake@usda.gov

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

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