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Library Materials - Fruits and Vegetables
Listed Alphabetically by Title
A Consumer's Guide to Pennsylvania Farm Markets (2003)
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Contains a listing of the farm markets in Pennsylvania, stratified by county. Provides address, time of operation, items sold, and contact information.
Booklet
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Alexander and the Great Food Fight (2002)
Linda J. Hawkins
In Alexander and the Great Food Fight, Alexander's afternoon snacking choice becomes a heated argument between some feisty fruit about which is the best for Alexander's young, growing body. Chidren will love the many folorful characters.
Book, Children's Book
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An Apple a Day! Over 20 Apple Projects for Kids (1993)
Jennifer Storey Gillis
In this book you will find how to print with apples, juggle with apples, bake an apple pizza, make apple-head clowns, bob for apples, create apple wreaths, learn fun facts about apples, make apple butter and applesauce, grow apple mint, solve apple puzzles, make applesauce brownies, and more.
Book, Children's Book
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An August Game - A Farm Alphabet (1997)
Jana Paulson / Berry Books Ltd.
Through Strawberry's (a scarecrow) wisdom, grace, charity and kindness, all the farm and country characters in the small world around Berryfield Farm learn of the magnitude and magnificence of agricutlture. Her teachings are simple, yet they reveal the vast complexity found on the average farm. This book is a Farm Alphabet Story. Full color, small lively story book. Part of a full series of Berry Books owned by the NIRC.
Children's Book
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Banana - What's for Lunch (1998)
Pam Robson
Part of a first science series that tells the story of different types of food. Using clear text and striking photographs, this series traces the journey that different foods make from their origins to the table.
Children's Book
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Beginning Health & Nutrition Curriculum & Resource Kit (Grades K-2) (1998)
World Class Learning Materials
This curriculum is actually a set of learning activities including detailed lesson plans and reproducible art focusing on nutrition and health. Designed for small groups of children (4 - 8 )K - 2nd grade but can be adapted for larger groups. Each activity includes an objective, list of materials, description and extension activities. Most activities take 15 - 20 min. Addresses the Food Pyramid, Food Preparation, Meal Planning, Personal Cleanliness, Exercise & Rest, and Preventing Illness.
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Berry Country 1 Coloring Book (1997)
Berry Books Ltd.
Through Strawberry's (a scarecrow) wisdom, grace, charity and kindness, all the farm and country characters in the small world around Berryfield Farm learn of the magnitude and magnificence of agricutlture. Her teachings are simple, yet they reveal the vast complexity found on the average farm. This is a coloring book. Part of a full series of Berry Books owned by the NIRC.
Children's Book
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Change is Good....Especially at the Checkout Counter! Tips for saving money on food (Brochure) (2000)
University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension
Full color brochure containing tips for saving money on food. It addresses low cost grains, vegetables, fruits, meats and dairy foods. Discusses meal planning and provides one recipe for lentil vegetable soup.
Brochure
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Chef's Handbook: Low-Fat Quantity Food Preparation (1993)
The American Dietetic Association
This handbook was developed by the Food Professionals Working Group of Project LEAN (Low-fat Eating for America Now) for use and quick reference by chefs and cooks. It addresses nutrition concepts, menu planning, recipe modifications, purchasing, kitchen techniques, and marketing.
Booklet
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Cooking Up The Pyramid: An Early Childhood Nutrition Curriculum (1993)
Katherine M. Brieger, MA, RD, CDE
Designed for teachers of preschool and early elementary age children (3 - 8 years). Specifically considers the needs of children from migrant farmworker families and other children in poverty. Overall, curriculum addresses obesity, growth retardation, hunger, iron deficiency anemia and dental disease. Background information, objectives, activities, recipes, material needed, handouts and bi-lingual parent newsletter (10 total) is provided for each unit.
Curriculum Design
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Corn Is Maize: The Gift of the Indians (1976)
Aliki
Popcorn, corn on the cob, cornbread, taco, tamales, and tortillas. All of these and many other good things come from one amazing plant. Native American farmers thousands of years ago found and nourished a wild grass plant and made it an important part of their lives. They learned the best ways to grown and store and use its fat yellow kernels. And then they shared this knowledge with the new settlers of America. For ages 5-9.
Children's Book
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Crazy About Corn (1999)
New Mexico State University cooperative Extension Service / Leading Object
This package playfully teaches children ages 5 - 8 about corn in early American history, the impact it has had on our culture, and the nutritional and economic value of corn in our modern society. Includes CD/ROM, Activity book, Video, Audio Tape & songbook and Teachers Resource Book. Items can be used together or separately. CD-Rom requires: Windows 95 or 98 and a 486 processor OR Apple Macintosh with a 33MHz, 68040 processor or Power Mac running System 7.1 or higher.
Book, Booklet, CD-ROM, Video
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Dietary Guidelines for Americans: Fabulous Fruits...Versatile Vegetables (2003)
United States Department of Agriculture, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
This 6-page brochure provides information about fruits and vegetables and the nutritional benefits provided by them. Also gives tips on choosing and preparing a variety of fruits and vegetables every day. (Home and Garden Bulletin HG-267-4).
Brochure
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Dinner from Dirt: Ten Meals Kids Can Grow & Cook (1998)
Emily Scott & Catherine Duffy
You might think you get dinner from a grocery store or a restaurant or a container in the refrigerator. But many of your meals come from dirt - grown from the same soil you trek through every day. This book shows you how to grow and cook delicious meals from ten all-time favorite kid gardens. Whether your veggie garden is a plot in a backyard or a pot on a balcony, soon you'll be putting your own meals on the table, from start to finish.
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Easy Lowfat Cooking: Fruits & Vegetables (1995)
National Health Video
Low fat cooking techniques are presented, focusing on fruits and vegetables.
Video
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Eating the Alphabet (1993)
Lois Ehlert
A full color illustration of fruits and vegetables beginning with the letter A and ending with Z. Coordinates with the Food, Fun, and Reading curriculum available through the NIRC, Lesson 2.
Children's Book
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Eating Vegetarian (1998)
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Provides an overview of eating vegetarian. Explains types of diet, why it's important, building blocks, supplement needs and important nutrient sources. Also has plan for getting started and numbers for additional information.
Brochure
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Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) English Handouts (1994)
University of Wisconsin, Michigan State University, Washington State University and Purdue University by Barbara Willenberg, Karla Hughes, Sharon Gann and Karen Elliott
Black and White, copy ready, English handouts designed for use with the curriculum entitles "EFNEP Lessons". Curriculum designed for use by nutrition educators with low income resource stressed audiences. See EFNEP Lessons available from the NIRC for further description of curriculum.
Curriculum Design
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Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) Lessons (1993)
Iowa State University, Cooperative Extension Service
Curriculum designed for use by nutrition educators with low income or resource stressed audiences. Includes lessons on the food guide pyramid and each of its groups, shopping, meal planning, food choices, food safety, and meal time/family time.
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Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) Lessons (1994)
University of Wisconsin, Michigan State University, Washington State University and Purdue University by Barbara Willenberg, Karla Hughes, Sharon Gann and Karen Elliott
Curriculum designed for use by nutrition educators with low income or resource stressed audiences. Twenty-one lessons introducing the EFNEP program and addressing cooking skills, food choices, meal planning, resource management, food safety, the Food Guide Pyramid, low fat cooking, prenatal nutrition, infant and child nutrition, gardening basics, and food preservation. Similar, if not identical to, the Eating Right is Basic 2 curriculum currently in use with Pennsylvania EFNEP.
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Exploring the Food Pyramid with Professor Popcorn (2002)
Purdue Extension
Professor Popcorn is divided into six lessons for elementary children, each focusing on how to use the Food Guide Pyramid to make smart food choices. Each lesson is 30 to 60 minutes in length involving instruction, demonstration, and hands-on activity. The entire program is presented in six weeks.
CD-ROM
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Five-A-Day (Elderly) (1998)
Milwaukee County Department on Aging
Discusses the importance of eating fruits and vegetables for senior citizens.
Video
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Food Guide Pyramid: A Guide for Preschoolers' Daily Food Choices (1996)
Kansas State University, Cooperative Extension Service
This is a small poster that shows each level of the food guide pyramid. It gives examples of foods in each group and indicates a child-size serving for each.
Display
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Food, Fun, and Reading - Pre-kindergarten - Grade 2 Nutrition & Literacy Education Program (2000)
University of Vermont Extension
A nutrition & literacy program for PreK - Grade 2 children. Children learn about food & nutrition by having children's storybooks with food-related themes read to them and then participating in hands-on activities. Encourages children to expand the variety in their diets, add more fruits & vegetables and grains to their diet and construct a diet lower in fat and sugar.
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Fruits and Vegetables: Lily Bets on Five a Day (1997)
AGC Media Group
This video is 12 minutes long. As Lily focuses on choosing the best fruits and vegetables in season while offering important information. She also offers tips on how to cook vegetables so that children will eat them, and shows easy ways to prepare fruit that is over- and under-ripe. This video addresses many of the most frequently given reasons for not buying fruits and vegetables, and presents many ideas for delicious, nourishing meals supporting the Five a Day goal.
Video
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Guide To Good Food: Easy Ways To Build A Healthier Diet (2000)
University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension
Full color 8.5 X 11 brochure detailing easy ways to get more fruits, vegetables and calcium into the diet. Includes 3 easy recipes.
Brochure
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Harold and His Amazing Green Plants (1984)
Disney Educational Productions
In this animated program, Harold's pet is a seed. He's not terribly excited about that, until three vegetable friends explain the amazing feats which his seed can accomplish. From inside his pet seed, Harold watches with "growing" interest, its developement of roots to its remarkable photosynthesis. He learns, too, how seeds are dispersed and where plants fit into the food chain.
Video
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Lightning Meals - Family Feast in a FLASH (2000)
California Project Lean
Four 20 - 30 min. video series with accompanying materials. Lively easy to follow videos show a variety of ways to create tasty meals using foods that are already in your pantry, or are inexpensive to buy.
Curriculum Design, Video
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Lunch (1992)
Denise Fleming
Fleming's feisty mouse peeks out of a hole in the wall and spies a table laden with goodies - a smorgasbord of fruits and vegetables in bold colors. With each turn of the page, the hungry mouse samples one colorful food after another.
Children's Book
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Manuel y las hortalizas (2000)
Vilma Hernandez Vias
This is a children's book about vegetables in spanich.
Children's Book
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Mrs. McNosh and the Great Big Squash (2000)
Sarah Weeks, pictures by Nadine Bernard Westcott
Mrs. McNosh planted a squash on the first day of spring and it doesn't stop growing...until she picks it. Now what is Mrs. McNosh to do? Silly, outrageous, fun. For ages 3-6.
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Northeast Regional Food Guide Brochure Packet (1997)
Cornell Cooperative Extension
This package of 8 brochures highlights the foods that are produced and processed in the Northeast. All brochures are designed to encourage the use of seasonal regional foods. Includes a Northeast Region Food Guide Pyramid, description of the seasonal availability of foods in the Northeast region, a quiz to access "seasonal eating", tips for becoming a seasonal eater, and a resource guide.
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Nutra Fruit Heroes Activity Book (1998)
Damian Fulton and Eric Kaufman
This activity book contains all kinds of fun actities that children can do to learn about fruits, such as connecting the dots and finding the hidden nutra-fruit, drawing nutra-fruit pictures, finding hidden words, etc.
Children's Book
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Nutra Fruit Heroes To the Rescue (1998)
Damian Fulton
The gang of Nutra Fruits (super fruits/super heroes), lead by Shakes Pear, a pear with a purpose, rescue some children from eating some junk food snacks. They help the children learn about fruits and fun ways to eat them. Six stuffed fruits accompany the book as well as an activity book for the children.
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Nutrition and Exercise with Jack the Apple (Five a Day with Jack the Apple) (1999)
Altschul Group Corporation
11 minutes long. It includes a videocassette and a facilitator's guide with lesson plans and activity sheets. Jack the Apple travels with a young girl to the supermarket where he sings a catchy song that identifies many fruits and vegetables and their benefits to the body. The two return home and prepare healthy meals and snacks together. Appropriate serving sizes are reviewed and appealing menu ideas presented. Young viewers will use their imaginations and strengthen their vocabulary.
Video
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Nutrition Education in Action: The Food Guide Pyramid (1997)
New Mexico State University, College of Agriculture & Home Economics
This 34-minute video is one of eighteen in the Nutrition Education in Action series. The video is designed to help nutrition educators teach about the Food Guide Pyramid in a hands-on, learner-centered manner. Michigan State's "Eating Right is Basic" flip chart of the same name is discussed page by page.
Video
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Nutrition Education in Action: The Fruit Group (1997)
New Mexico State University, College of Agriculture & Home Economics
This 25-minute video is one of eighteen in the Nutrition Education in Action series. The video is designed to help nutrition educators teach about the fruit food group in a hands-on, learner-centered manner. Michigan State's "Eating Right is Basic" flip chart of the same name is discussed page by page.
Video
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Nutrition Education in Action: The Vegetable Group (1997)
New Mexico State University, College of Agriculture & Home Economics
This 21-minute video is one of eighteen in the Nutrition Education in Action series. The video is designed to help nutrition educators teach about the vegetable food group in a hands-on, learner-centered manner. Michigan State's "Eating Right is Basic" flip chart of the same name is discussed page by page.
Video
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Oliver’s Vegetables (1995)
Vivian French
While visiting his grandfather, who has a wonderful garden, Oliver gets to eat vegetables other than potatoes. Beautifully illustrated in full color.
Children's Book
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Oliver's Fruit Salad (1998)
Vivian French
Oliver's grandfather grows fruit tastier than anything from a can or bottle - but that doesn't mean Oliver will eat any. It takes his clever grandparents to get Oliver to try fruit salad, which, he discovers, is not just good - its yummy! Hard back, brightly colored book.
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Potatoes On Tuesday (1995)
Dee Lillegard, Illustrated by David McPhail
Level 1 book from the Let Me read Series uses simple text for each day of the week starting with cabbage on Monday through stew on Saturday. For ages 2-5.
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Sisters in Health: A Nutrition Program for Women (1999)
Tracy J. Farrell and Carol M. Devine
Sisters in Health aims to encourage women, especially those with limited resources, to eat and enjoy more fruits and vegetables. Designed as a flexible series of six 90-minute meetings for groups of approximately ten women. Participants enjoy learning as they cook and talk together, sharing their skills and experiences.
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Spanish Language Nutrition Program (1994)
Adapted for Missouri Use from University of Wisconsin, Michigan State Universtisy, Washington State University and Purdue University
Black and White, copy ready, Spanish handouts designed for use with the curriculum entitled "EFNEP Lessons". Curriculum designed for use by nutrition educators with low income resource stressed audiences. See EFNEP Lessons available from the NIRC for further description of curriculum.
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State of the Plate: Study on America's Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables (2003)
Produce for Better Health Foundation
This is a report of a study that uses NPD's National Eating Trends data, which tracks all foods and beverages prepared or consumed in 2,000 households during an average 2-week period, and reflects fruit and vegetable consumption patterns through February 2002. This data includes al fresh, frozen, canned, dried, and juiced fruits and vegetables eaten "as is" and as an ingredent, excluding french fries and potato chips unless noted.
Booklet
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Staying Well - Teaching Tools for Older Adults (1997)
Ohio Department of Aging, the Ohio Department of Health, the Ohio State University Extension and Ross Products Division of Abbott Laboratories
Staying Well contains empowering lessons that address common medical conditions, dental health, drug issues, importance of dietary variety, alcohol, budgeting, socialization, weight gain or loss and overcoming obstacles to shopping, cooking and eating healthfully. It contains intervention activities for older adults complete with lesson plans, challenges, activities, promotional incentives, handouts and much more.
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Strawberry Meets Rex (1997)
Darrell Rubel / Berry Books Ltd.
Through Strawberry's (a scarecrow) wisdom, grace, charity and kindness, all the characters in the small world around Berryfield Farm learn of the magnitude and magnificence of agricutlture. Her teachings are simple, yet they reveal the vast complexity found on the average farm. In this book strawberry meets Rex the crow. Full color, small lively story book. Part of a full series of Berry Books owned by the NIRC.
Children's Book
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Strawberry Plays It Safe (1999)
Soni Ware / Berry Books Ltd.
Through Strawberry's (a scarecrow) wisdom, grace, charity and kindness, all the characters in the small world around Berryfield Farm learn of the magnitude and magnificence of agricutlture. Her teachings are simple, yet they reveal the vast complexity found on the average farm. This book focuses on farm safety and includes many new characters. Full color, small lively story book. Part of a full series of Berry Books owned by the NIRC.
Children's Book
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Teens Eating for Energy & Nutrition Curriculum (2001)
University of Minnesota
School based behavioral intervention program for 7th & 8th Grade. Curriculum stresses cancer risk reduction focusing on increasing consumption of fruits and vegetables and low fat foods. Includes a video and audio tapes. Classroom activities include food records, games, station activities, label reading, goal setting and behavior modification. Utilizes teen peer leaders.
Curriculum Design, Video
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The 2000 Dietary Guidelines For Americans (2001)
Evers, William D, Ph.D., RD and Hanley, Erin E, RD
This CDROM explains the history and rationale behind the new 2000 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Two powerpoint slideshow presentations, intended for educators and the public audience, 10 supplementary handouts, pre and post evaluations for presentation, posters, student activites, and further resources are included. Also includes ABC's of health: Aim for fitness, Build a healthy Base, and Choose sensibly.
CD-ROM, Slide Show
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The Appealing Apple (2000)
Marcia Eames-Sheavly / Cornell Cooperative Extension
This 28 page booklet is designed for use with youth age 9 - 12 but is adaptable for other ages. After reading and doing the activities readers will know about the apple's original home, be able to identify the major apple-producing countries today, and will learn what these regions have in common. Activities include making apple doll puppets, exploring apples in literature, and playing historic games using apples. Taste tests, making cider,career information and recipes are included.
Booklet
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The benefits of Eating Fruits and Vegetables Presentation & Getting Your 5 A Day: A Guide for Consumer Presentation (2003)
Produce for Better Health Foundation
This CD contains two PowerPoint presentations. One is benefits of eating fruits and vegetables, which contains 5 A Day program, food guide pyramid, dietary guidelines, healthy people 2010 fruit & vegetable objectives, and relationships between fruit & vegetable and diseases. The other presentation is getting your 5 A Day which contains relationships between fruit & vegetable and nutrients, tips of getting 5 A Day, etc.
CD-ROM
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The Big Hungry Bear (1998)
Don and Andrey Wood
A children's book about little mouse trying to keep a red ripe strawberry away from the big hungry bear.
Children's Book
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The Enormous Carrot (1998)
Vladimir Vagin
When rabbits find an enormous carrot growing in their garden, they try to pull it up but can't. At last they pull it out with help from friends to make it into cake, soup, tarts, pie, cookies, and ice cream and feed a crowd at an outdoor party. It's a classic tale about the value of cooperation, in a fresh, cheerful garb. For ages 4-8.
Children's Book
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The First Strawberries: A Cherokee Story (1998)
retold by Joseph Bruchac, pictures by Anna Vojtech
How did strawberries come to be? The legend begins long ago when the first man and woman have a quarrel and only one berry has the power to reunite the couple. Luminous paintings perfectly complement this Cherokee tale of respect and friendship. For ages 5-9.
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The Health Benefits of Fruits and Vegetables: A Scientific Overview for Health Professionals (2002)
Dianne Hyson, Ph.D., R.D. for the Produce for Better Health Foundation
This booklet reviews the research (from 1999 to 2001) behind eating more fruits and vegetables and many types of cancer, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, obesity, longevity, bone health, aging, neurodegenerative disease, and many other diseases.
Booklet
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The Making of Strawberry (1997)
Jana Paulson / Berry Books Ltd.
Through Strawberry's (a scarecrow) wisdom, grace, charity and kindness, all the characters in the small world around Berryfield Farm learn of the magnitude and magnificence of agricutlture. Her teachings are simple, yet they reveal the vast complexity found on the average farm. Full color, small lively story book. Part of a full series of Berry Books owned by the NIRC.
Children's Book
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The New American Plate: Meals for a Healthy Weight and a Healthy Life (2000)
American Institute for Cancer Research
The New American Plate is not a short-term "diet" for weight loss, but a new approach to eating for better health. It emphasizes the kinds of foods that can reduce risk of disease, and shows how to enjoy all foods in sensible proportions. Includes poster and healthy recipes.
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The Race Against Junk Food Starring the S.N.A.K. Posse - Adventures in Good Nutrition (1997)
Anthony Buono, Roy Nemerson and Brian Silberman
A comic book designed for children who are able to read. It describes an imaginary trip down the Vitamin Highway and has an adventure in “Fresh World” where Tommy learns how fruits and vegetables help make you healthy and strong.
Children's Book
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The Three Sister - Exploring an Iroquois Garden (1993)
Marchia Eames-Sheavly / Cornell Cooperative Extension
This 24 page booklet designed for use with 4H youth, includes legends, activities, and a pattern for making corn husk dolls. It addresses the need for genetic diversity, and illustrates how and when to plant your own "Three sisters". It provides a better understanding of a unique growing method, as well as the people who created it. By exploring this Iroquois gardening method, you can learn more about 3 wonderful crops as well as gain an awareness of Native American culture.
Booklet
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The Ugly Vegetables (1999)
Grace Lin
When a little girl and her mother dig, plant, and water their garden, they do things differently than the neighbors. And when their plants grow, they look different. The little girl thinks their own vegetables are just plain ugly, but Mom knows just what to do. Includes recipe for ugly vegetable soup. For ages 4-8
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The Vegetable Friends Story Book (1998)
Tony Lawlor and Bruce Kociemba
The Vegetable Friends characters come to life in this delightful series of nursery rhymes that entertain and educate children about vegetables. This book combines fun and imagination while providing educational content. Six stuffed vegetable friends accompany the book.
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Vegetable Soup: The Nutritional ABC's & The Fruit Bowl: A Contest Among Fruit (1996)
Dianne Warren, Susan Smith Jones, Amy Sorvaag Lindman
This is two works that form the two halves of a flip-flop book on nutrition for young children. Through color illustrations and rhyming verse, the text introduces children to the connection between what they eat and how they look, feel, and perform. In addition to giving information about the health benefits, uses, and growth patterns of fruits and vegetables, the book also provides an opportunity to develop math and reading readiness skills.
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