Harvest For Healthy Kids

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A Farm to Preschool Curriculum

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Activity Kits

Harvest for Healthy Kids gives you everything you need to inspire children with fresh food grown close to home.
Download our free activity kits developed by teachers and childcare providers and join us in helping a new generation thrive.
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    Each Kit Includes:

  • Activity Plans
  • Picture Cards
  • Teacher Bites Newsletter
  • Family Newsletter
  • Recipes

Beets

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Asparagus

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Winter Squash

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Sweet Potatoes and Potatoes

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Cabbage

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Berries

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Winter Root Vegetables

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Carrots

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Beans

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Apples

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Cauliflower

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Tomatoes

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Melon

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Research

Harvest for Healthy Kids helps children develop healthy eating habits. The program connects young children with fresh food grown close to home through activity kits that teach science, math and literacy. Each kit is developed and tested by teachers and childcare providers, and includes hands-on activities with different fruits and vegetables, colorful picture cards, newsletters for families and background information for adults. All Harvest for Healthy Kids activities are aligned with early learning standards and have been rigorously evaluated.
Farm-to-Preschool Implementation Factors in Head Start Classrooms poster

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Acknowledgements

Harvest for Healthy Kids (HHK) began as a collaboration between Portland State University and Mt. Hood Community College Head Start and Early Head Start. The project would not have been possible without the early insights, dedication, and heavy lifting contributed by the following individuals: Betty Izumi, PhD, Pam Greenough Corrie, MS, Jennifer Hallman, BA, Dawn Barberis, EdD, Amanda Peden, Brie Stott, Bill Ries, Sandy Nimz, and Angela Capello.
Harvest for Healthy Kids has also benefited, and continues to benefit, from the guidance and support of many individuals and the following organizations:

Mt. Hood Community College Head Start and Early Head Start, Portland State University, Food Services of America, Oregon Health & Sciences University, Child Care Resource and Referral of Multnomah County, Ecotrust, and Dancing Roots Farm. Thank you.

HHK is currently managed and maintained by a passionate group of individuals at Mt. Hood Community College Head & Early Start Program.

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