Farm to ECE

Colorful logo for New Orleans Farm for ECE, featuring playful text and three alphabet blocks spelling 'e c e'.

The Farm to Early Care and Education (ECE) program is a national movement to increase healthy dietary practices and access to fresh, local foods during early childcare years (0-5 yrs).

We work with Head Start and early childhood centers across New Orleans to: 

  • Source fresh, seasonal fruits and vegetables from local farmers to supply to centers for snacks, cafeteria recipes, and taste-tests.

  • Start, maintain, and provide technical assistance for school gardens 

  • Provide engaging, hands-on food and nutrition education

In New Orleans, we currently work with 10 centers:

Catholic Charities Head Starts

Clover Academy

Kids of Excellence

Wilcox Academy of Early Learning

Are you an instructor, teacher, or parent interested in sharing nutrition education with the little ones in your life?

Download our Enrichment Guide to access taste-tests, recipes, seasonal growing info, and more.

Download guide here
A girl selling free sunflower seeds at a community table with children's books, grown flowers, and watermelons, outdoors in a fenced area with trees.
Colorful, hand-drawn illustrations of sweet potatoes, some colored and labeled with the name 'Journe Wells,' displayed on a brown paper cover at a table with sweet potatoes on a tray and arts and crafts supplies in the background.
Group of young children and a teacher examining a garden with various plants and flowers outside a school playground on a sunny day.

Farm to ECE would not be possible without support of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation.

Sign up for the Farm to ECE Newsletter here.

Interested in collaborating? Want to see Farm to ECE programming at your center? Reach out to Jess McNally, the Farm to ECE Manager at jessica@nolafoodpolicy.org.

VIEW OUR WISHLIST HERE