New Building Stones, a nonprofit organization

07/30/2015

Pairing Fruits and Veggies? We often talk about fruits and veggies as a team but then serve only one or the other. Not only do fruits and vegetables offer different nutritional benefits, but they can also complement each other quite nicely. The trick is to find flavor combinations that work together. By adding strawberries to a salad, apples to a slaw, or dried fruits to roasted vegetables, you’ll be providing the best of both worlds. cacfp.org

07/27/2015

More money for CACFP meals? YOU can help this bill in Congress become law!!! Take just one minute to ask your senators to co-sponsor this bill -- bit.ly/1Vx44oj

06/27/2015

photos by: Kate Eschbach Photography I love how creative the toddler moms got for the busy bag swap!...

06/17/2015

Simple Snack: cheese and turkey roll-ups

No toothpick required!

06/17/2015

Giving child care programs the ability to provide children three healthy meals per day through a reformed and expanded CACFP program would go a long way toward supporting children’s growth and development.

05/12/2015

Great idea!

How does your garden grow?

Raised beds are a great way to start if you're new to gardening!

05/08/2015

Mother's Day is this Sunday! Here's a round up of crafty cards to show Mom how special she is.

05/07/2015

"1.9 billion meals and snacks to over 3.2 million children" That's what CACFP does for our nation's youngest children. Protect our children -- help make sure that the food program stays affordable so child care providers can continue to get healthy foods to our children. Comment today. bit.ly/USDAComments

05/07/2015

Simple Snack: Applesauce Bites

Here's a healthy finger food for the little ones!

04/23/2015

USDA announced they are extending the comment period for the proposed meal patterns for another 30 days at the NCA Conference opening session - with Tina Fritz Namian. www.cacfp.org

04/20/2015

Thanks to The Farmacy for the image!

04/17/2015

I sure hope this news reporting is inaccurate!!!

TRENDING NOW - This picture of a school lunch served at an elementary school in Virginia is trending on social media sites after a mother from the district posted it online. Does this look like a lunch your kid would eat?