The Food Security Coalition of Mid Coast Maine
We provide consultation, resource assistance, and networking opportunities to volunteer pantries in greater Mid Coast Maine.
About
The Food Security Coalition (FSC) comprises representatives from more than 25 food pantries, soup kitchens, farms, and other community organizations committed to addressing food insecurity in the Mid Coast region. By working together, the FSC seeks to identify ways to source food, fundraise, improve services, support the community, and increase their volunteer base. If you have questions or want to join the Food Security Coalition’s email list, please email Heather.
FSC Member Pantries and Soup Kitchens
The members of the Food Security Coalition are:
- Alna | Alna Food Pantry – Serving Alna and surrounding communities
- Bath | Bath Area Food Bank and Kitchen Table – Serving Bath, West Bath, Woolwich, Arrowsic, Georgetown, and Phippsburg
- Bath | The Salvation Army Bath-Brunswick – Serving Arrowsic, Bailey Island, Bath, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Brunswick, Five Islands, Georgetown, Harpswell, Orrs Island, Pejepscot, Phippsburg, South Harpswell, Topsham, West Bath, West Point, and Woolwich
- Bath | Neighborhood Cafe – Serving a free meal to anyone from the community
- Belfast | Belfast Soup Kitchen – open to all
- Boothbay | Boothbay Region Food Pantry – Serving Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Edecomb, and Southport
- Bowdoin | Friends Helping Community Food Pantry – Serving Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, and Lisbon
- Bowdoinham | Bowdoinham Food Pantry – Serving Bowdoinham and Bowdoin
- Brunswick | Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program – Serving communities in Cumberland, Sagadahoc, Androscoggin, Lincoln, Waldo, and Knox counties
- Freeport | Freeport Community Services Food Pantry – Serving Freeport and Pownal
- Jefferson | Jefferson Area Community Food Pantry – Serving Jefferson and Somerville
- Lisbon | Lisbon Area Christian Outreach Food Pantry – Serving Bowdoin, Durham, and Lisbon
- New Harbor | New Harbor Food Pantry – Serving New Harbor, Bristol, South Bristol, Round Pond, and Walpole
- Newcastle | Newcastle Ecumenical Food Pantry – Serving Newcastle, Damariscotta, Nobleboro, and neighbors
- Richmond | Richmond Area Food Pantry – Serving Richmond, Dresden, and Bowdoinham
- Rockland | Area Interfaith Outreach Food Pantry – Serving Knox County
- Waldoboro | Waldoboro Food Pantry – Serving Waldoboro, Bremen, and North Nobleboro
- Westport Island | Westport Island Helping Hands – Serving Westport Island
- Whitefield | Whitefield Food Pantry – Serving Whitefield and Alna
- Wiscasset | Help Yourself Shelf Food Pantry – Open to all
- Wiscasset | Wiscasset Nazarene Food Pantry – Open to all
Garden Seed Project
Thanks to the extremely generous support of Fedco Seeds, Botanical Interests, Growing to Give, and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners Program, seed packets are distributed to pantries in the Food Security Coalition for households to grow their own gardens. See Garden Resources for more info on how to grow a garden.