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Early Childhood Nutrition Education Toolkit

Project Profile

Garden of Eatin’ Project is an Early Childhood Education obesity

prevention program. The project is sponsored by the North Bay

Children’s Center headquartered in Novato, California. The

project is managed by its director, David Haskell. Project

participants have included Marin Head Start Hamilton and theMarin County’s Child’s Development Program sites at Hamilton

Children’s Center and Novato Children’s Center. This Early

Childhood Nutrition Education Toolkit was developed with the

support of the Marin County Nutrition Wellness Program under

contract to the Network for a Healthy California, California

Department of Public Health.

Tool kit Contributors:

Christine Berman, RD MPH, Project Nutritionist

David Haskell, Project Director

Logo and Cover Design:

Kiki La Porta, Descom Studio, San Rafael, California

Acknowledgements:

Susan Gilmore, Executive Director, North Bay Children’s Center 

Mary Ann Hovis, Finance Director, North Bay Children’s Center 

Cathy Bart, Marin Head Start Hamilton

Doris Smith, Novato Children’s Center 

Margaret Woods, Hamilton Children Center

Linda Armstrong, County of Marin

Shelton, Network for a Healthy CaliforniaTeachers from the four centers listed above

Dedication:

This manual is dedicated to the thousands of beautiful and

adventurous “Garden Kids”  and their families who discovered at

the Garden of Eatin’ that eating fresh fruits and vegetables is a

 joyously delicious health sustaining experience.

Contacts:

David W Haskell

Garden of Eatin’  InstituteNorth Bay Children’s Center 

934 C Street, Novato, CA 94949

Telephone: 415-883-6635 Web-site: www.nbcc.net/garden 

This material was funded by USDA’s Food Stamp Program through the California Department of Public Health’s

Network for a Healthy California. These institutions are equal opportunity providers and employers. The Food

Stamp Program provides nutrition assistance to people with low income. It can help buy nutritious foods for a

better diet. For information on the Food Stamp Program call 1-888-328-3483

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