Farm to Head Start Pilot Program Launches at Care Village
Not always having enough to eat can impair reading, math and social skills in children. In addition, not having access to the right kinds of foods can make children more vulnerable to obesity. This is especially true for food insecure and low-income people, which are the predominant families in the national Head Start program. How can we give our children the best possible start?
With a generous grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Detroit Eastside Community Collaborative (DECC) and CDI Head Start are partnering with organizations such as Eastern Market Corporation and the Greening of Detroit to launch Detroit’s first Farm to Head Start program, on the City’s eastside, at Care Village, located on Harper, near Conner.