National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month & Love Your Produce Manager Day

Honor a produce manager in April and make healthy choices by buying produce all through the year! In June, be sure to take advantage of all the fresh fruits and vegetables that are available! Make your plate more colorful, to say nothing of flavorful! From alfalfa sprouts to zucchini, from avocadoes to yellow squash, and from berries to watermelon, fruits and vegetables will bring vibrant color to your plate and provide numerous vitamins and nutrients for your health and well-being. View the A to Z list below for ideas about fruits and vegetables to add to your menus. This observance has been celebrated since 1991.

Honor a produce manager in April and make healthy choices by buying produce all through the year!

In June, be sure to take advantage of all the fresh fruits and vegetables that are available! Make your plate more colorful, to say nothing of flavorful! From alfalfa sprouts to zucchini, from avocadoes to yellow squash, and from berries to watermelon, fruits and vegetables will bring vibrant color to your plate and provide numerous vitamins and nutrients for your health and well-being. View the A to Z list for ideas about fruits and vegetables to add to your menus. This observance has been celebrated since 1991.

Go Play Outside!
Go Play Outside!

Lesson

Students will gain an understanding of the importance of physical activity and how it connects to the foods they eat. They will participate in an activity and then work together to create a class book...

Gordon's Discovery | Auntie Karen's Place
Episode 6

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Gordon is one of Auntie Karen's Jamaican Yams Character. When Gordon, a purple overweight Jamaican Yam discovers he is pre-diabetic, he gets some comforting advice from his friend Shelby. The purpose...
Urban Roots | Youth Media Health Institute
Episode 110

Video

A visit to City Roots in Columbia, South Carolina. The farm is a USDA certified organic farm that grows a wide assortment of fruits and vegetables throughout the year. They also have micro-greens, and...
Trail Ridge Farm 2 | Youth Media Health Institute
Episode 109

Video

A visit to Trail Ridge Farm in Aiken, South Carolina. It is a Grade A goat dairy and cheese facility. They also make goat milk fudge. This video was produced as part of American Graduate’s 2015 Youth...
SCF Organic Farm 1 | Youth Media Health Institute
Episode 105

Video

Organic farming is explained on a visit to Sumter Cooperative Farms. This video was produced as part of American Graduate’s 2015 Youth Media and Health Institute. Students made mini-documentaries...
Acres of Change | Youth Media Health Institute
Episode 101

Video

This video was produced as part of American Graduate’s 2015 Youth Media and Health Institute. Students made mini-documentaries about farms in the Midlands in order to explore the relationship between...
SCF Organic Farms 2 | Youth Media Health Institute
Episode 106

Video

This video was produced as part of American Graduate’s 2015 Youth Media and Health Institute. Students made mini-documentaries about farms in the Midlands in order to explore the relationship between...
Trail Ridge Farm 1 | Youth Media Health Institute
Episode 108

Video

Trail Ridge Farm in Aiken, South Carolina produces Grade A goat milk, goat cheeses and goat milk fudge, as well as natural beauty products. This video was produced as part of American Graduate’s 2015...