2022 Nutrition

Join the Culinary Institute of Child Nutrition’s Chefs as they take you through a series of activities and exercises to understand the five basic tastes and how to make your menu items more flavorful through the use of herbs, spices, and culinary acids.

Learn easy and practical ways to meaningfully assist families and ECE program staff with breastfeeding. Gain confidence by discovering how-tos for honoring families feeding choices and receive free toolkit materials.

Learn how to implement a Garden to Early Childhood program model in your curriculum. Hear about suggested best practices, fundamentals of teaching gardening to young children, planning year-round gardening activities, and incorporating a garden-to-table element for a healthy and fresh food program.

As the number of young children diagnosed with diabetes is increasing, we must learn the basics of diabetes care and management. Gain awareness of the signs, symptoms, and key aspects of care that are essential for childcare professionals to make reasonable accommodations for children with Type 1 diabetes.

Did you know beans meet CACFP requirements for both the vegetable and the meat alternate category? Learn about the nutritional benefits of beans along with tips and tasty recipes for your menus.

Learn about serving local foods, gardening and food-related nutrition education activities in child care settings. Understand the benefits of exposing young children to locally grown foods and how Farm to CACFP activities can be easily integrated into a child care environment. Leave with resources to train this workshop to program participants