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2021 National Child Nutrition Conference

Thursday, April 22

Baby Steps: Ounce Equivalents for Grains and Infants

CEU 1
2:50 pm - 3:50 pm Eastern | 1:50 pm - 2:50 pm Central | 12:50 pm - 1:50 pm Mountain | 11:50 am - 12:50 pm Pacific

Get ready to use ounce equivalents to determine the amount of grains to serve to infants in the CACFP! Learn about the requirement going into effect on October 1, 2021 and tools that make implementation easier. Participants will leave this session knowing how much cereal, crackers, and bread are needed to meet meal pattern requirements for infants.

 

Please download the Feeding Infants Using Ounce Equivalents for Grains in the CACFP worksheet and the Food Buying Guide mobile app and web tool prior to the session.

Presented by

Rachel Polon Hayes

Rachel Hayes Polon, MPH, RD

Nutritionist, USDA Food and Nutrition Service

Katey Halasz

Katey Halasz, MPH, RD

Nutritionist, USDA Food and Nutrition Service

Debra Eisenbarth

Debra Eisenbarth, MS, RD

Nutritionist, USDA Food and Nutrition Service