Up Next For Farm to Early Care...
- CT Grown for CT Grown Week!
- Stay tuned for how you can get involved for 2024 CT Grown for CT Kids Week --> October 7th- 11th! It is never too early to think about legislator visits, farmer visits, what recipes you want to feature and how you will communicate to your community you farm to early care celebrations.
- Farm to Early Care Education 'strategy' Taskforce
- This quarterly taskforce meets virtually or online and is open to all involved or interested in activating farm to early care programming. Please reach out to shannon.raider@uconn.edu to join or with questions.
- Farm to Early Care Survey Results
- The Connecticut Department of Public Health and UConn Extension have concluded a survey to learn how early care and education (ECE) providers are providing food for snacks and meals for children under their care, with specific interest in local farm fresh products served. We will be posting results and findings will be shared at next taskforce meeting in Sept. 2024
Growing Healthy Futures for All Children
Farm to Early Care and Education (ECE) incorporates the three core elements of local procurement, gardens, and food and Agriculture education to advance health and wellbeing, engages families and communities, and enhances the quality of the ECE setting.
Looking to get started with Farm to ECE?
The National Farm to School Network and the Connecticut Department of Public Health have put together your to go guides for starting your Farm to ECE program. Download the documents below to help you in your Farm to ECE journey.
Farm to Early Childhood in New England (FINE)
FINE is excited to announce the publication of Farm to Early Childhood in New England: an Ecosystem Assessment. This illustrated and interactive overview of the farm to early childhood space across the six New England states was designed to help regional interest holders better understand the early childhood sector and to identify the key opportunities for expanding farm to early childhood activity across the six New England states. This assessment is part of the Northeast Farm to Early Childhood Project, a collaborative effort of Farm to Institution New England and the Northeast Farm to School Collaborative.
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