The goal of this pilot project is to increase access to healthy food, improve diets, and reduce food insecurity and, in turn, reduce health disparities among low-income, minority children under the age of five attending early childcare centers. Specific aims are to: 1) examine the feasibility of a six-month Farm to ECE intervention and 2) collect preliminary data to evaluate the efficacy of the program to 2.1) improve the ECE nutrition environment from baseline to follow-up; 2.2) increase access to local fruits and vegetables among children at ECEs from baseline to follow-up; and 2.3) increase parent knowledge and use of community food resources. The investigators will use this preliminary data to develop a larger scale project to test intervention efficacy.
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incidence of parent/guardian use of community food resources
Timeframe: 6 months
nutrition environment score measured by NAPSACC
Timeframe: 6 months
percent completion of program components (fidelity)
Timeframe: 6 months
satisfaction score with program implementation
Timeframe: 6 months