Bring the garden to the classroom and watch nutrition come alive! Implementing a garden-based nutrition curriculum in early childhood education is an excellent complement to the CACFP. Identify key qualities of effective garden-based nutrition curricula, review the evidence and benefits, tackle common challenges and discuss how CACFP sponsor organizations can introduce these programs at their sites.

1. Review core concepts of garden-based nutrition in early childhood learning.
2. Explore program impacts and tackle challenges in child care settings.
3. Define sponsor organizations’ roles in supporting program implementation.