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Nutrition
Food Tank’s Spring Reading List
Food Tank has hand-picked 16 books that have educated, inspired, and informed us for your spring reading list.
Real Food Media Contest Films Highlight Sustainable Farming and Agriculture
The Real Food Media Project has selected the top films among the submissions from its Real Food Media Contest.
Indigenous Crop: The Jerusalem Artichoke
The Jerusalem artichoke is part of the artichoke family and it is native of North America. It is also called sunroof, sunchoke, or earth apple.
Indigenous Crop: Passion Fruit— Living Up to Its Name in Gardens and Kitchens throughout the World
Passion fruit is a sweet, tart, and aromatic fruit that pleases the culinary senses of those lucky enough to consume it.
Indigenous Crop: Egusi — More than a Melon
Although the flesh of the egusi melon is bitter and dry, the main source of food is within the seeds.
How Veggies Can Save the Food System: The World Vegetable Center
The World Vegetable Center improves vegetable supply chains in developing regions through local projects and global research.
Farmers’ Forum: Rome, Italy — February 17-20, 2014
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will be hosting the fifth global meeting of the Farmers’ Forum February 17-20, 2014 in Rome, Italy.
Indigenous Crop: Teff- Ancient Crop with Modern Potential
Teff, a staple grain in Ethiopia, is a highly nutritious and hardy grain which has potential to help improve food security throughout the developing world.
Salsa, Sabor y Salud Helps Families Make Better Choices
Salsa, Sabor, y Salud, a curriculum created by the National Latino Children’s Foundation, works with families to increase nutrition and physical activity.
Building Economic and Food Security with REAL Certification
REAL certification makes eating out nutritious and affordable.
Indigenous Food: Coconuts are the Tree of Life
Coconuts: one seed; infinite uses. The coconut seed can reproduce after traveling months in the ocean and is produced in many forms.
UC Berkeley Journalism Fellowship Makes Food a Serious Topic in the Media
The 11th Hour Food and Farming Journalism Fellowship offers journalists a chance to report on topics related to U.S. food systems.
From WIC to Wok: The Arcadia Mobile Market Seasonal Cookbook
Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture’s cookbook is based on eating healthy within WIC provisions.
Indigenous Crop: Cloves- From Ancient Lands to Modern Kitchens
Cloves, the tiny flower buds of the clove tree, pack a big punch in cuisines throughout the world and have long been valued for their medicinal properties.
Indigenous Crop: The Long Island Cheese Pumpkin, an American heirloom domesticated in New York
The Long Island Cheese pumpkin is an American heirloom that was domesticated in New York in the 1860s. It was named for its resemblance to a cheese wheel.
Food Hero: Chris Proctor, Founder of Five Loaves
Marketing, advocating and fundraising, the Five Loaves team seats the hungry with the fed through distinct partnerships.
Indigenous Crop: Quandong, the scarlet desert peach
The Australian desert peach known as quandong contains twice the vitamin C of an orange and produces an edible nut.
Sustainability Reigns Supreme in the Culinary Forecast of 2014
The National Restaurant Association’s (NRA) annual culinary forecast shows that sustainability will be a top trend in 2014.
DooF, Making Food Fun Again
DooF provides an interactive way for users to be engaged by food that is suitable for children, parents, and anyone else interested in food at any time.
