What is "Farm to Head Start"?
![Farm to Head Start Core Components](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_only/public/2019-03/core_components_blueComponents.jpg?itok=U80Vx2LV)
Farm to Head Start is a Farm to Early Care initiative. Farm to Early Care initiatives connect young children with healthy, locally grown foods and support farmers in their communities. Farm to Early Care’s three core components are serving locally grown foods in Early Care meals and snacks, offering food and farming-related educational activities for children and organizing food and farming-related family engagement activities.
![kids strawberry picking](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2019-08/berry%20picking_web.jpg?itok=hQQ32ZFY)
![Great Apple Crunch in St Cloud](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2019-08/GreatAppleCrunch_web.jpg?itok=8Xn3T9VR)
Exploring Farm to Head Start Across Minnesota
Lessons from IATP’s Farm to Head Start Partners
![IATP Farm to Head Start program](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2019-03/F2HS%20Collage.jpg?itok=lomTXTMR)
![Kid with apple](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2019-03/Orchard%20021_web.jpg?itok=Wf_rEQsv)
The Case Studies
Watch the Farm to Head Start Videos
![Peppers in a cup from Tri-Valley Head Start](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2019-03/tri-valley_peppers_web.jpg?itok=TYd997_9)
![Tri-Valley Garden](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2019-03/Tri-Valley_Garden02_web.jpg?itok=bNSG-pb5)