Our Programs and Trainings

Farm to Early Care and Education (ECE) is a movement to increase healthy and sustainable dietary practices during early childcare years (0-5yrs) by providing access to healthy food options and nutritional education to Head Start and early childhood centers. 

The New Orleans Food Policy Council works at a local and statewide level to increase the Farm to ECE activities. 

Are you looking to be a change agent in Louisiana's local food system? The Louisiana Food Fellows program will give you the resources, skills, and inspiration you need to be the next leader in your community's local food movement. National experts from across the country will lead workshops on a variety of topics, including an overview of the food system, food system's equity and justice, food policy, and determining what your role is in reshaping your community’s food system.

Greaux the Good, Louisiana's statewide nutrition incentive program, operated by Market Umbrella, a non-profit 501(c)3 organization based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Greaux the Good gives Louisiana direct-to-consumer food purveyors (such as farmers markets, farm stands, and produce stands) the opportunity to create or expand a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or Farmers Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) nutrition incentive program.