More Resources

Labeling

• Beef labeling information from Consumer Reports

Nutrition

• Food Comparison
• Vegetables & Fruits by Harvard School of Public Health
• Good vs. Bad Carbohydrates video
• The World’s Healthiest Foods
• Fruits & veggies matter
• Best Low-Calorie Fruits and Veggies
• Exercise & Nutrition: A Guide to Healthy Living
• What are Macronutrients?

Kids’ Nutrition

• Kids eat more vegetables after nutrition lessons, Stanford study finds
• 8 Super Healthy Foods We Guarantee Your kid will Eat
• Good Nutrition for Preschool Children
• Nutrition & Fitness for family
• Fuel Up to Play 60 – the new home of your favorite games and lessons from Nutrition Explorations
• Nutrition for kids: Guidelines for a healthy diet by Mayo Clinic Staff (by age)

How to Eat Ethically and Sustainably

• Natural Resources Defense Council’s Eat Green Guide
• Natural Resources Defense Council’s Local Food Systems
• What is Missing? Foundation’s What You Can Do to Support Sustainable Agriculture
• World Wildlife Fund’s Food Initiative

Food Preservation

• Just a Little Bit Longer: How to Keep All Kinds of Food Fresh
• How to Make Sauerkraut
• National Center for Home Food Preservation
• Food Safety & Health, Wisconsin EDU
• The Hip Girl’s Guide to Homemaking
• Video about canning tomatoes; Tomato Sauce and Salsa
• Canning 101 video, water bath vs pressure canning

Recommended Films

• Food, Inc.
• The Greenhorns
• Fresh
• King Corn
• Dirt! The movie
• Sustainable
• Polyfaces

Recipes

• Homemade refrigerator dill pickle recipe
• Sweet and spicy bread and butter pickles
• 15+ Homemade Pickles To Make
• All Recipes for Canning and Preserving
• How to Freeze Fruits and Vegetables
• From Farm to Table recipes

Recipes for Children to Make

• Cooking with Kids: Healthy Recipes to Make with Your Little Chef
• Healthy recipes for kids and the whole family
• GoodFood, Kids cooking recipes
• 5 Healthy Recipes that Kids can Make

Seasonal Recipes

• Epicurious Seasonal Recipes
• EatingWell Seasonal recipes
• Katie Webster/healthy seasonal recipes

Recycling

• The World’s Shortest Comprehensive Recycling Guide – Simple, basic, general.
• Guide to recycling common materials – Curbside & other commonly recycled materials.
• Beyond the curbside – Where to drop-off or “pack and ship” your materials.
• Reducing unwanted mail – An easy way to reduce waste and avoid recycling.
• Repair – the 4th R in Reduce, Resuse, Recycle

Homemade Cleaning Supplies

• How to make homemade cleaning supplies
• How to make a non-toxic cleaning kit