Information for ECE Professionals 

• Check out the Association of State Public Health Nutritionists’ Farm to ECE Site for resources, webinars, direct technical assistance, and to be added to a resource-sharing site!
• NYDOH’s Eat Well Play Hard Farm to Preschool Page
  • Contact EWPHFTPK – centers and Head Starts may be eligible!
    • Contact the New York State Child and Adult Care Food Program at 1-800-942-3858 or cacfp@health.ny.gov 
• NYS Head Start Collaboration Project
  • Check out their Farm to Preschool/Head Start story you can share with the little ones in your life!
• Farm to Institution New York State’s Local Food Learning Center
• Connect with your county’s Child Care Resource and Referral Agency
• A Creating Healthy Schools and Communities Grantee in your region may be able to provide training and technical assistance around Farm to ECE
• New York Association for the Education of Young Children
  • Assists with professional development, some of which is aligned with Farm to ECE – check out our Farm to ECE track at their 2025 conference! April 2nd-4th, 2025, at the Turning Stone Resort in Verona 
• QUALITYstarsNY, New York’s Quality Rating and Improvement System, offers direct assistance from a quality improvement specialist and resources. Farm to ECE activities can support achieving their standard – talk to a specialist to see how they can align!

Curricula

• • • Harvest of the Month
      • NYS Harvest of the Month Toolkit
      • Farm to Head Start Harvest of the Month
      • Urban and Environmental Policy Institute’s Farm to Preschool Harvest of the Month 
      • Harvest NY Harvest of the Month Marketing Materials
    • Grow It, Try It, Like It! USDA Nutrition Curriculum
    • Growing Minds Farm to Preschool Toolkit

Funding

• NYAEYC’s mini grants
• Up to $500 for members who propose projects in a broad range of topics to enhance programs for young children
• KidsGardening.org grant opportunities
• Variety of grants for topics around youth gardening 
• CACFP supplements the cost of early childhood food programs, including buying and serving local foods! 
  • Pages for centers and homes to determine eligibility and learn more 
• Hunger Solutions NY CACFP page
• NYSDOH CACFP Eligibility Prescreening Tool
• Other grants and local business sponsorships present opportunities for funding.

Get Involved!

As we develop this program, we want to hear your input. If you are a parent, student, early childhood educator, or farmer, please feel free to reach out!

Contact: Kevin Davidson, Farm to ECE Coordinator, kdavidson@rhnscny.org