Diet

Year-Round Market

The Wide World of Availability

Nowadays, a wide variety of fruits and vegetables are usually available.

Spring-Time Garden

Baby Greens and Sweet Peas

A time of pure joy is a spring morning picking young greens and peas.

Summer-Time Orchard

Picked Ripe from the Vine and Tree

An apricot picked ripe from the tree in the warm summer sun...pure heaven!

Autumn Harvest

This is the Time of Thanksgiving

Sweet & mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, cranberries and Brussels Sprouts!

Winter

A Bounty of Delicious Citrus

While winter compost feeds their roots, the oranges nourish our bodies.

Diet

In this section we offer articles and recommend interesting Web sites about how the consumption of fruits and vegetables over timeaffects human health.

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Nutrition - Articles about the health benefits and health dangers of plant-based foods.
Organics - Articles about organic food production and why or why not organic food is better.
Veganism - Articles about vegan life and eating styles.
Vegetarianism - Articles about vegetarian life and eating styles.

Last Update: Tuesday, March 27, 2018

For The Love of Chocolate Covered Cherries
(Apr 21, 2018) Danne

Since I was a kid, I've had a "sweet tooth" for Chocolate Covered Cherries, one that still demands some satisfaction from time to time. But cherry cordials are not all created equally. Here is a list of some great choices from Amazon.

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Vitamins and Minerals in Our Food
(Mar 29, 2018) Danne

This Health Foods infographic has some interesting claims about fresh produce, like "oranges prevent flu and colds," and that apples fight against heart attacks and stroke. But what do fruits and vegetables really provide? Are they as super powerful as many claim them to be? And perhaps most importantly, How Fresh is Fresh?

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Related Websites

CDC: Nutrition Information

CDC nutrition efforts support public health strategies and programs that improve dietary quality, support healthy child development, and reduce chronic disease.

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nutrition.gov

Look up the amount of calories, fat, protein, vitamins, minerals and more contained in foods using the USDA's on-line searchable database. This is an up-to-date and comprehensive source for nutrients amounts in food.

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Year-Round Market

The Wide World of Availability

Spring-Time Garden

Baby Greens and Sweet Peas

Summer-Time Orchard

Picked Ripe from the Vine and Tree

Autumn Harvest

This is the Time of Thanksgiving

Winter

A Bounty of Delicious Citrus

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Questions and Answers

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Last Update: Tuesday, March 27, 2018

For The Love of Chocolate Covered Cherries

Vitamins and Minerals in Our Food

Related Websites

CDC: Nutrition Information

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nutrition.gov

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