Statewide Farm to ECE Meeting 12/12/23

Written By NOLA FPAC

12/12/23

Agenda

  • Welcome and check-in

  • What have we accomplished this year

    • Satsuma peel

    • Presence at Farm to School conference

    • Center Profile

    • New logo 

  • Next year

    • 6 Activities brainstorm- let’s choose 2!

      • Ideas from past meetings: coloring contest, webinar about Farm to ECE topics (101, local procurement, using CACFP for gardens), curriculum “release”, Spring or Fall harvest fest/day, carrot crunch in Spring)

    • How do we choose the next centers to profile? Why did we choose Children's Coalition? Do you have a center we should nominate?

Notes: 

  • Center profile: 

    • Everything looks great! If you see something that needs editing, or if you would like to include anything else, please contact Jenna Rhoads at JennaR@policyequity.com. 

  • Next Year:

    • Curriculum launch: If you have any feedback, here is the curriculum Haley has been working on and is open to any feedback. This is a draft and not ready to share to public yet. Evaluation Tools and language is still being drafted. Contact haley@nolafoodpolicy.org, or comment directly in the Canva!

    • For Spring: Activity 1- Webinar, Activity 2- Spring Harvest 

    • How to choose centers: 

      • Choose based on spreading out geographically

      • Current center in New Orleans? Let’s Be Healthy Centers? 

        • St. Paul could be a good contender, let’s start there and then explore more centers next.

Let’s Be Healthy Updates:

  • 32 of 81 eligible centers and found the 12 awarded centers- nearly every region is covered! This is to implement gardens at the center. They learn about CACFP, how to sustain a garden, and how to utilize the produce they’re growing. For Providers by Providers type of community. 


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