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Events to Engage Families in Nutrition with Farm to Early Care

Do you feel your messages to children aren’t making their way home? See how you can host Farm to ECE family engagement events focused on getting families excited about eating healthy, learning where food comes from, and applying this knowledge at home. Also, learn how to budget for different nutrition events and how to incorporate culturally responsive education.

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Cultivating the Core of Farm to ECE

Whether you’re new to Farm to Early Childhood Education (ECE) or have engaged in it for years, examine key takeaways developed over nearly a decade of experience with a nine-state Farm to ECE community of practice. Get a formula for building a successful program, a roadmap, and learn how it can help you create systematic change in spreading Farm to ECE knowledge.

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Cultivate Community: Serving Fresh & Local Foods with Efficiency

Unlock the power to transform your food service operations and champion local agriculture. Discover dynamic strategies to streamline procurement, craft vibrant farm-to-table menus, and forge impactful partnerships with local farmers. Empower yourself to serve fresh, community-driven foods while reclaiming precious time, by learning to elevate your operations and celebrate local agribusiness.

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Cooking with Kids’ Kitchen: Seasonally Fresh Meals for CACFP

Explore a dynamic, healthy food collection featuring seasonal, fresh, and nutritious CACFP meals and snacks for young children. Learn how to efficiently bring these simple and wholesome recipes with freshness into your classroom kitchen or home while promoting healthy eating habits to deepen nutritional understanding.

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Bringing Farm Fresh to Your CACFP

Wondering how to get started with Farm to CACFP? Get a checklist and conversation starters to begin your journey in procuring local foods and get on the road to serving locally-grown, healthy foods to young children.

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Beyond Gardening: CACFP-Based Variety in Farm to ECE

Get an overview of Farm to Early Care and Education (ECE) together with a shared language for documenting evidence-based practices. Using CACFP as a framework for nutrition standards, learn to develop strategies that help leverage funding for increasing access to nutrient-dense foods and support the health and education of young children.

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What About the Babies? Streamline Your Infant Feeding

There are so many changes an infant goes through in the first year of life. How do you ensure you’re meeting their nutritional needs at each stage of developmental readiness? Learn tools that can help make your process standardized and flexible enough to meet each child’s needs throughout their early lives.

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Managing Food Allergies in the CACFP

Advocating for a child with food allergies is a team effort. Child nutrition professionals collaborate with families, children, and staff in navigating food allergies when serving meals in the CACFP. Learn techniques and best practices for building a positive partnership with children, parents, and staff in regard to food allergies.

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Discover the Magic of Fresh Ingredients: 10 Recipes Kids Will Love

Eating fresh or homemade foods that are healthy creates a long-term impact on the lives of children who need the nutrition from these meals to grow, play, and learn. Explore how preparing and serving fresh, homemade foods can be made easy, how you can reinforce the message with community events, and 10 recipes to get you started.

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