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Michigan Farm to ECE
Farm to early care and education helps children and families eat more local foods.
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Michigan Farm to ECE Network
Helping Michigan’s children grow, choose, and eat more nutritious local food.
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Lindsay Mensch
Outreach and Communications Specialist
menschli@msu.edu
517-432-0264
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Meagan Shedd
Assistant Professor, Fixed Term, Farm to Early Care and K-12 Education
mshedd@msu.edu
517-432-4525
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Farm to Early Childhood Programs: A Step-By-Step Guide
Published on June 12, 2015
This Farm to Early Childhood Program guide provides tools and resources to help early childhood program providers of all types and sizes purchase and use local foods in their meals and snacks. -
Additional Farm to ECE Resources
Published on October 11, 2019
Looking for more resources on farm to ECE? Find additional information from our partners and other organizations. -
Additional Resources
Learn about other resources you can use to grow your farm to ECE program - including Great Start to Quality, evaluation tools, policy and advocacy, and Head Start.
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Gardening Resources
Use these resources to start and sustain a garden at your ECE site.
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Family Engagement Resources
Find resources for engaging families in farm to ECE.
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Nutrition and Agriculture Education Activities
Find curricula to support learning activities on nutrition, agriculture, and local food.
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Racial Equity Resources
Build racial equity into your farm to ECE program.
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Procurement Resources
How can your ECE program can source and serve more local foods? Learn how with these how to guides, information on federal regulations and food safety, and menu ideas.
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Cultivate Michigan: What's in it for Schools and Early Childhood Programs?
Published on December 14, 2016
This webinar will give an overview of Cultivate Michigan and then dive deep into the benefits of participating. Learn how joining Cultivate Michigan can enhance and accelerate your local purchasing efforts and find out why others are jumping on board! -
Special Presentation: National Farm to School Network's Racial and Social Equity Assessment Tool for Farm to School Programs and Policy
Published on June 6, 2019
Learn more about a tool to assess and advance equity in farm to school programs and policies. -
How do institutional food service professionals know that food from their suppliers is safe?
Published on December 17, 2018
Results from a brief survey asking institutional food service buyers how they know that their suppliers have followed safe food production and handling practices. -
Local Food for Little Eaters: A Purchasing Toolbox for the Child and Adult Care Food Program
Published on June 8, 2017
This toolbox supports early childhood programs in starting local food purchasing initiatives to help meet Child and Adult Care Food Program guidelines for healthy meals. -
Farm to Early Care and Education: Growing Healthy Eaters
Published on November 5, 2019
This document provides an overview of farm to early care and education, steps to successfully purchase local food, and highlights available resources. -
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 School: Kids in the Kitchen
Published on July 2, 2018
Chef Sean Gartland prepares three healthy recipes that include locally grown products. Each video shows how easy it is to prepare local, healthy, and affordable foods with children of different ages in the kitchen. -
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.
