Statewide Farm to ECE Meeting 12/12/23
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
Later on a “golden strawberry” type award similar to “golden chili”
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.
