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The two-story addition will house the high school's music, arts, and theater programs, as well as the new computer science program and other teachers who previously did not have their own classrooms.
Vertical Harvest multi-use development in Westbrook won't break ground until August, but food service provider Sodexo is already prepared to reap as much as 80% of its lettuce products from the hydroponic indoor farm. Sodexo announced this week it will serve Maine Vertical Harvest lettuce at all 14 of its partners, including on college campuses from Fort Kent to South Portland. Earlier this year, Sodexo pledged to spend at least $1 million at local Maine farms and food producers in 2021. The four-story 70,000-square foot Vertical Harvest farm will be the first vertical farm in the U.S., an...