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Harvard University

Harvard School of Public Health: The Nutrition Source

For Students 9th - 10th
The Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health offers this valuable resource. The latest medical research is presented on topics including fiber, carbohydrates, fats, alcohol, healthy weight, and much more.
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Agri Food Trade Service: Agriculture, Food and Beverage Industry Tipsheets

For Students 9th - 10th
Here's a collection of "fact sheets" offering details on Canada's various industries: Brewery, Dairy, Distillery, Fish and Seafood, Egg, Fruit, Grains and Oilseeds, Honey, Poultry, Red Meat, and more.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: An Apple a Day [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Distinguish between fruits and vegetables through a sorting game, learn to appreciate new foods through a tasting activity, create funny food friends with magazine cutouts of healthy foods and dramatize preparing a health meal or snack.
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Other

Eat Your Way to Five a Day!

For Students 3rd - 5th
This resource presents guidelines to follow to help you make healthy food choices and get the nutrients from fruits and vegetables that your body needs.
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University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin: Biological Control News

For Students 9th - 10th
News source for Biological Control (no longer published). Posts back issues, which contain in-depth info on field, fruit, vegetable, and nursery crops in regards to insect control.
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Other

Western Growers Association

For Students 9th - 10th
Western Growers Association is a group formed to give growers of fresh produce in California and Arizona support programs. Their homepage contains information about the organization, recipes, information on produce, news releases,...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Balanced Diet

For Teachers 2nd
In this lesson, 2nd graders will learn about the components of a balanced diet. Students will analyze charts and then self-report their own foods in categories. Several fiction and nonfiction books are listed as additional resources.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Body and Mind: Cool Treats, You Can Have It All

For Students 3rd - 8th
Eat fruits and vegetables every day. This website will help you do just that. Learn simple recipes for healthy dips, salads, smoothies, desserts, and veggie dishes, all of which are packed with the vitamins you need to stay healthy.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Libraries: Seed Catalogs

For Students 9th - 10th
Open a window into the world of botanical illustration by browsing this library of images reproduced on seed packets and seed catalogues from the 1830s through the 1930s. Flowers, vegetables, fruits, and related subjects included.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Acholi

For Students 9th - 10th
The name "Acholi" is used for peoples living in the former Acholi District of northern Uganda and the adjoining area of the southern Sudan. The primary language of Acholi today is Luo, a Western Nilotic language spoken by groups...
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Food Fun

For Students K - 1st
Alphabet fun and food-related activities introduce young learners to produce they might not be familiar with.
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US Department of Agriculture

Usda: Agricultural Marketing Service

For Students 9th - 10th
Home page for the Agricultural Marketing Service of the USDA, links to product and commodity marketing information and job opportunities.
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Read Works

Read Works: What Should You Eat?

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the food groups that make up a healthy diet. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: A New Neighborhood Farmers Market

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage is about the addition of a farmers' market in New York City. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Other

Whole Kids Foundation: Kids Club

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The Whole Kids Foundation provides opportunities to help kids start healthy eating conversations with books and activities from Scrapkins, Better Bites, Book Club and more!
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Still Life With Game, Vegetable and Fruit

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Still-Life with Game, Vegetable and Fruit", created by Juan Sanchez Cotan in 1602 (Oil on canvas, 68 x 89 cm).
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Curated OER

Still Life With Dead Game, Fruits, and Vegetables in a Market

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Still-Life with Dead Game, Fruits, and Vegetables in a Market", created by Frans Snyders in 1614 (Oil on canvas, 212 x 308 cm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Fruit and Vegetable Seller

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Fruit and Vegetable Seller", created by Claes Van Heussen in 1630 (Oil on canvas, 157 x 200 cm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: The Fruit and Vegetable Costermonger

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "The Fruit and Vegetable Costermonger", created by Louise Moillon in 1631 (Oil on wood, 48 x 65 cm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Still Life With Vegetable, Fruit, and Flowers

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Still-Life with Vegetable, Fruit, and Flowers", created by Tommaso Saliniz (Oil on canvas).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Fruit and Vegetable Stall

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Fruit and Vegetable Stall", created by Frans Snydersz (Oil on canvas, 201 x 333 cm).
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Ohio State University

The Ohio State University: Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid)

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provided by Ohio State University answers several questions about vitamin C, its food sources, its function, and its role in keeping people healthy. Learn how to prepare foods, such a vegetables and fruits, so that they...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Delivering the Goods: Watsonville. California 1895

For Students 9th - 10th
Railroads changed agriculture. As railways linked farms to a wider commercial world, city dwellers could buy fruits and vegetables year-round. Farms became commercialized, often specializing in single crops and tied to the ups and downs...
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Practical Action

Practical Action: Squashed Tomato Challenge

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Challenge students to take on a real-life problem affecting people in Nepal. Many farmers living on the mountainside there grow fruit and vegetables, including tomatoes. To earn a living, they need to sell these at the local market. The...

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