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Farm to Early Care and Education: Growing Minds and Healthy Appetites

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Farm to Early Care and Education: Growing Minds and Healthy Appetites is a free online training course maintained by state-approved trainers* at the University of Washington Center for Public Health Nutrition. The goal of this training is to empower early learning professionals to implement farm to Early Care and Education (ECE) in their centers. This training also highlights how engaging in farm to ECE can help providers meet the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) standards and best practices. 

Training Site Access

To access this course and all trainings in the series, create a free account on the Nourished and Active in Early Learning Trainings website. You will sign up once and use the same account for all courses.

STARS Credits*

Two (2) STARS continuing education hour in Health, Safety & Nutrition can be earned by completing the Farm to Early Care and Education: Growing Minds and Healthy Appetites online training. The training should take about 2 hours to complete.

Cost

This online training is FREE thanks to support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Washington State Department of Health.

Contact

Contact us at ecetrain@uw.edu with questions about this training.

Note

*The Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) manages the State Training and Registry System (STARS) through the Managed Education and Registry Information Tool (MERIT). STARS trainings provide state accredited continuing education hours for early learning providers. MERIT is an online professional development tool to find and track STARS training hours.

Publication Date: September 30, 2021

Author(s): Emilee Quinn

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