Early Childcare is the perfect place to highlight local products and feature fresh food and nutrition education for our youngest eaters. From taste tests to school gardens, multiple resources are available to help sites and sponsors bring local food to early childcare settings.
Pint Size Produce - activity plan, parent handout and half page flyer with key information on apples, beets, carrots, cucumbers, dairy, peas, peppers, potatoes, spinach, tomatoes, turnips, zucchini
Grow It, Try it, Like It! Nutrition Education Kit Featuring My Plate
Gardening Resources For Kids - Kids Gardening Activities and Lesson Plans
ECE Fruit & Vegetable Gardening Series - build the best garden for your childcare center, an eight series publication on creating a childcare garden, growing and preparing fruits and vegetables in both warm and cool seasons, snacking and cooking techniques and composting.
Farm to ECE Self-Assessment - designed to develop goals and action plans to grow Farm to ECE
Team Nutrition Resource Library
Farm to Early Care Sourcing Strategies - best practices for serving local food
USDA Procurement Guide: Procuring Local Foods for Child Nutrition Programs (pages 89-94)
Farm to Early Care and Education: Cultivating Healthy Habits for Our Littlest Eaters
City Green's Farm to Preschool Program
New Jersey Department of Agriculture
New Jersey Seasonality Chart
NJDA Farm to Preschool Webinar: May 2017
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