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Food and Nutrition: Best Practices, Trainings, and Technical Assistance

Promoting Healthier Meals

  1. Conducting Taste-Testing Activities in Schools: A Guide for Teachers and Administrators
  2. MyPlate
  3. Just the Facts! Jazz Up Your Menu With Fruits for Healthier School Meals (PDF)
  4. Grow It, Try It, Like It
  5. Food Research & Action Center (FRAC): Child and Adult Care Food Program
  6. Choosing Recipes for Healthy Kids in Early Care Settings
  7. Win with Tastings in Early Care Centers (PDF)

    8. Food Safety

    1. Food Allergies in Head Start- Head Start Health Services Newsletter
    2. Handling Fresh Produce in Classrooms (PDF)
    3. Food Safety Tips for School Gardens (PDF)
    4. Creating a Taste Testing Event Fact Sheet
    5. Conducting Taste Testing Activities in Schools: A Guide for Teachers and Administrators Fact Sheet
    6. Children with Food Allergies: A Guide for Youth Group Leaders Fact Sheet
    7. Partnership for Food Safety Education Child Care Training

    Farm to Preschool

    1. Food Safety, Soil, and Water Testing Recommendations for School and Community Gardens Fact Sheet
    2. Learning Through the Garden Fact Sheet
    3. Cooking with Kids in the School Garden Fact Sheet
    4. Starting a School Garden Fact Sheet

    Teachers and Administrators

    School Wellness: Best Practices, Trainings, and Technical Assistance

    1. Food Research & Action Center (FRAC): Child and Adult Care Food Program
    2. Creating and Maintaining a Wellness Environment in Early Care Education Centers Participating in the CACFP (PDF)
    3. Preschool Teaching and Learning Standards (PDF)
    4. NAP SACC
    5. Partnership for Food Safety Education Child Care Training
    6. Breastfeeding Friendly Child Care Centers (PDF)
    7. Wellness Policies in Early Care Centers
    8. Role Modeling Healthy Behaviors in Early Care Centers
    9. Choosing Recipes for Healthy Kids in Early Care Settings
    10. Win with Tastings in Early Care Centers

    Promoting Healthier Eating

    1. Let's Eat! Healthier Snacks and Parties
    2. MyPlate
    3. Food Allergies in Head Start – Head Start Health Services Newsletter

    School Gardens

    1. Webinar: Breaking it Down: School Composting Made Easy with FoodCorps
    2. Implementing Farm to School Activities: Food Safety
    3. Kids Gardening Educator Resources
    4. Getting Started: A Guide for Creating School Gardens as Outdoor Classrooms (PDF)
    5. Growing Gardens-Feeding Minds Video - New Jersey Farm to School Network made this film to highlight farm to school programs in the Garden State.
    6. Learning Through the Garden Fact Sheet

    Classroom and Curricula

    1. Conducting Taste-Testing Activities in Schools: A Guide for Teachers and Administrators
    2. CATCH Early Childhood - Designed to nurture a love of physical activity, provide an introduction to classroom-based gardening and nutrition, and encourage healthy eating.
    3. Grow It, Try It, Like It - Gardening and Nutrition Curriculum
    4. Farm to Preschool Network
    5. From Our Farms - Collection of hands on multidisciplinary activities focusing on nutrition education through a farm to fork approach which can be used in a home or early care education center setting. Ordering available through RCE.
    6. Handling Fresh Produce in Classrooms (PDF)