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Harvesting Quality: Supporting Standards with Farm to Early Care and Education

Published on August 29, 2022
Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) are program standards developed by states to systematically approach assessment, improvement, and communication in early care and education.
Growing the Next Generation: Grandfriends and Gardens

Published on June 30, 2021
Seniors in Ionia County, Michigan garden with preschoolers to grow the next generation of learners and gardeners.
Pivoting Practice: Early Care and Education Food Procurement During a Pandemic

Published on April 8, 2021
While the pandemic presents many challenges for farm to early care and education, childcare providers are benefitting from opportunities to buy and serve local foods.
Farm to Early Care and Education: Toward a Shared Language

Published on May 12, 2020
Early care and education providers and food systems practitioners can work together to develop a shared language and a fuller understanding of the common purpose we are working towards.
Cultivating Social-Emotional Health with Farm to Early Care and Education

Published on April 16, 2020
Developing strong social-emotional skills early in life is important for lifelong emotional health. How can educators and caretakers can use farm to ECE activities to encourage children's positive social-emotional development?

Michigan Farm to ECE Network