Small Bites Adventure Club

We are thrilled to be presenting alongside our partners at the #SOWTH Conference in Atlanta, Georgia today. This conference represents the brilliant community of farmers, nutrition professionals, educators, distributors and advocates that create and strengthen our local food system in the Southeast. We are so grateful to be a part of this community, and to connect with old friends and new this week! 🥕 #Southeast #farmers #foodeducation #community #local #organic #nutrition #Atlanta #foodsystem

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We are excited to work with Newton County Education Foundation and Newton County Schools to launch our #Veggie Ready Program with the Pre K and Kindergarten students in 2025!

What do parents argue about most with their young kiddos? Researchers report: Bedtime delays, obeying instructions..... and you guessed it... PICKY EATING! We've been busy rolling out our #VeggieReady program, which supports young eaters as they learn how to try and love vegetables (and bonus: how to MAKE veggie based snacks!) And the best part about it is when parents ask: HOW DID YOU GET MY KIDS TO EAT KALE?! It takes a village and we are so pumped to be a part of moving the needle on F&V consumption. Looking forward to rolling out #VeggieReady with new partners this Spring at Marietta City Schools (Cindy Kanarek Culver! and Eat Real Certified, Newton County Schools, and few more exciting places! More soon!

This is a fascinating study that researched 2,400 sets of twins. What did they find? Picky eating is a genetic trait. What does that mean for parents? 1. STOP feeling guilty! 2. Don't give up! "Early detection and intervention for food fussiness in toddlerhood may reduce the expression of this behavior across development." #foodeducation #nutriitoneducation #earlyintervention #exposure #fruitsandveggies

Thank you USDA #FarmtoSchool team for an outstanding gathering in Omaha. We loved working on this collective mission to get kids eating & learning about local food! Excited about our new projects! Reynaldo Green Miguel Villarreal Jiwon Jun Eat Real Certified Laney Jones Lissa Ong

There are around 7 million 4 & 5 year olds in the U.S. 9 out of 10 of them aren't eating the recommended amount of veggies. What if we had a program that got these kids "Veggie Ready" before 1st grade? 🥕 🥕 🥕We are thrilled to launch our Veggie Ready program in our home state of Georgia.. and expanding soon to Alabama, Oklahoma & Louisiana! We know kids will love veggies when they have an opportunity to prepare & try them at school. Partnerships include Bright From The Start: Georgia Dept of Early Care and Learning, Georgia Partnership for Inclusive Innovation (PIN), Eat Real Certified, Newton County Education Foundation, USDA #FarmtoSchool , and more! 🥕 🥕 🥕 🥕 🥕 Applications for our first round close Friday August 9. More to openings soon! If you are interested in how to bring this program to your community, message us!

Hey kiddos! Tell your favorite grown-up to take to The Battery for Wellstar Health System Family Series & Small Bites Adventure Club hands-on cooking! Chef Asata Reid will be making our famous Salsa Fresca!

We are so thrilled to announce that we will be bringing our newest program- Veggie Ready 🍅 🥗 🥕 - to Newton County kiddos!! Thanks to Newton County Education Foundation for leading this effort via the #USDA Patrick Leahy Farm to School Program Grant! Thrilled to also be partnering with the great folks at Newton County School District and  Love is Love Cooperative Farm! Stay tuned for more details!

On June 10, our CEO Erin Croom joined 130 national industry leaders for the the #Produce for All Summit, hosted by the Partnership for a Healthier America and IFPA’s Foundation for Fresh Produce . The goal of the Summit was to to share knowledge, innovation and resources to help reach a bold goal of doubling 🍓🫛🥦 produce consumption in communities around the United States. 🇺🇸 1: Cathy Burns, CEO International Fresh Produce Association and Noreen Springstead President and CEO Partnership for a Healthier America spoke to the critical role that access to produce plays in building community health. 2: Fan momming with Jennifer Anderson MSPH, RDN MSPH, RDN. Kids Eat in Color (follow her now!) 🍎 3 : Keynote speaker, Karen Washington, Owner and Farmer at Rise & Root Farm. ✨”The food system doesn’t need to be fixed. It needs to be changed. Healthy food is a human right.” ✨ 4: Finally got to meet our favorite 🥕Instacart partner Gabriela Poveda Posada IRL (after years on zoom!) 5: ❤️ Loving on the OG Georgia Farm to Schoolies: Diane Harris, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Senior Health Scientist and Team Lead, Dr. Caree Cotwright, USDA Director of Nutrition Security and Health Equity 6.The brilliant Amy Warne, MBA, RD/LD 7. And, to wrap it all up, a really fun 🫛🥦veggie themed store at the airport!