Fruits and Vegetables

Los Angeles Times
Mobile school pantry delivers free fruits and vegetables to 30 OC schools
Los Angeles Times
At a bustling farmers market at Santa Ana High School on a recent Thursday, families packed shopping carts, cardboard crates and strollers full of fresh produce. The day's bounty — onions, potatoes, chili peppers, apples, pears, watermelon, plums and ...

Forbes
Apeel's Invisible Coating Could Be A Game-Changer
Forbes
Apeel's approach is to essentially use food to protect and preserve other food. Apeel extracts natural oils found in the peels and skins of all fruits and vegetables to make Edipeel — a rinse that fresh-food shippers and retailers can use to add a ...

Jezebel
The Supreme Court Legally Made Tomatoes a Vegetable Years Ago, So Deal With It
Jezebel
Hedden, fruits and vegetables differed in another big way, as well: Imported vegetables were slapped with a 10-percent tariff upon their arrival in the United States, and imported fruits were not. When one Manhattan wholesaler — John Nix & Co., owned ...

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Washington Post
The obscure Supreme Court case that decided tomatoes are ...
Washington Post
It's a question used to trick schoolkids the nation over: Is the tomato actually a fruit or a vegetable? Botanically, it's a fruit. But legally, it's not. And the origins of ...

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NDTV Food
Is It Safe To Store Your Fruits and Veggies In Metal Containers?
NDTV Food
It is always a good idea to munch on fresh fruits and vegetables in place of salty or sugar laden junk foods. But to get the most out of these nutritional wonders, you also need to store them correctly.Some people use air tight containers to store ...

Nature's menu rotates for a reason
Fredericksburg.com
In the summer, we are generally more active, spend more time outdoors, and enjoy an extra hour or two of daylight, so our bodies require the added energy we get from the natural carbohydrates and sugars found in summer fruits and vegetables such as ...

Bill to allow added produce planting on base acres opposed
The Packer
A new bill that would allow growers of grain crops to grow fruits and vegetables on some of their farm program base acres is drawing early opposition from fresh produce interests. Aiming at attaching the legislation to the next farm bill, Rep. Robin ...

Smoothies: How do you get children to eat their fruits and veggies?
Wallowa County Cheiftain
Schools across the country are looking for ways to encourage children to eat more fruits and vegetables. Wallowa School District has hit upon an idea that appears to be working. Turn those otherwise objectionable ingredients into a cold and creamy ...

PR Newswire (press release)
Frey Farms Opens Fruit and Vegetable Processing Facility
PR Newswire (press release)
Frey Farms is a producer of fresh fruits and vegetables including watermelon, cantaloupe, sweet corn, hard squash, peppers and pumpkins. The Poseyville juicery will now be the company's central location for processing 6,000 gallons of cold-pressed, ...

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Sandusky Register
Locally sourced fruits, vegetables produce big results for district
Sandusky Register
CLYDE — At its core, the Great Lakes Great Apple Crunch promotes healthy eating and encourages youth to appreciate locally sourced foods. On Thursday, students enrolled in Clyde-Green Springs Schools participated in the apple crunch program to ...

USDA.gov (press release) (blog)
Unpacking the Cornucopia to Celebrate the Fall Harvest and the Fruits of Plant Breeding
USDA.gov (press release) (blog)
This centerpiece is symbolic of the food and thanks that we share with our friends and family. Inside, we find examples of grains, fruits, and vegetables – familiar crops that have occupied places at our tables for generations. We continue to enjoy ...

Zimbabwe bans fruit and veg imports
FreshPlaza
Zimbabwe has banned imports of fruit and vegetables with immediate effect to preserve scarce foreign exchange, the agriculture minister said on Tuesday. The country dumped its currency for the U.S. dollar in 2009 because it was wrecked by ...

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News24
Zimbabwe bans fruit, vegetable imports to save scarce forex | News24
News24
Zimbabwe has banned the importation of fruit and vegetables to save scarce foreign currency in the face of a worsening economic crisis, state media has ...
Zimbabwe bans fruit, vegetable imports as forex crunch deepensTimes LIVE

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Business Recorder (press release) (blog)
Market Committee issues price list of fruits, vegetables
Business Recorder (press release) (blog)
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Market Committee on Monday issued price list of vegetables and fruits in the markets of Federal Capital. According to a spokesman, the rate list of vegetables in Islamabad except for Jinnah Super, Super and Kohsar markets are as ...

China-Russia border port sees robust fruit and vegetable export ...
Xinhua
HARBIN, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Heihe Port on the China-Russia border registered strong growth in fruit and vegetable exports to Russia in the first three quarters of ...

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State gets own lab to check pesticides in fruits, veggies | Jaipur ...
Times of India
Jaipur: Now, one can check the level of pesticides in fruits and vegetables and heavy metals in other packed food items before consuming it. The state ...

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School Lunch Menus
York News-Times
Monday, Oct. 16: Sloppy nachos, fresh vegetable medley, fruit, cookies. • Tuesday, Oct. 17: Pulled pork sandwich, potato, vegetable, fruit. • Wednesday, Oct. 18: Chicken nuggets, potato, vegetable, fruit, dinner roll. • Thursday, Oct. 19: Chili ...

WSU News
$1.5M for specialty crop research to improve fruits, vegetables, farming
WSU News
usda loo PULLMAN, Wash. – Seven research teams at Washington State University will enhance the competitiveness of Pacific Northwest crops by fighting devastating diseases and advancing sustainable agriculture, thanks to more than $1.5 million in ...

MILITARY MEDICINE: Power your performance with rainbow of healthful fruits, vegetables
The Fort Campbell Courier
Eating colorful fruits and veggies can help reduce your risk of stroke, heart disease, diabetes, and some cancers. Eat a variety of produce in the color of the “rainbow.” Think pink. Lycopene is a powerful antioxidant that gives fruits and vegetables ...

Imperfect Produce: Saving ugly fruits and vegetables from the landfill for home delivery
KATU
Pence says Imperfect Produce takes the 20 percent of vegetables and fruits grown by farmers in Oregon, Washington and California that don't meet the number one produce ranking demanded by retail supermarkets and consumers, delivering them to ...

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