Skip to main content

Food and Nutrition

Health

Fall Harvest

September 6, 2019

Fall is harvest season. Crops are ready to be picked. Here are four fall crops. Which is your favorite? PUMPKINS grow in pumpkin patches. They turn orange when fully ripe. You can eat the seeds! CORN grows in fields. It…

Environment

Mighty Mushrooms

March 8, 2019

Mushrooms are not animals, of course. But they’re not plants either. Mushrooms are a type of fungus. They grow in the grass and on trees. They grow on dead leaves and rotting logs. Let’s go on a mushroom hunt! There…

Audio
Spanish

Animals

Let’s Hunt!

March 8, 2019

Sniff, sniff! This is a truffle dog. It hunts for truffles. Truffles are another type of fungus. They are found underground. Truffles have a strong smell. Chefs use them for cooking. Truffles are hard to find. That’s because they…

Spanish

Environment

On the Farm

February 22, 2019

Welcome to the farm! Farms are places where food is grown or raised. Life on the farm is fun—and busy! See for yourself. Let’s visit a farm together. Many farms grow crops. These fruits and vegetables start as seeds. Farmers…

Audio
Video
Spanish

World

Rise and Shine

April 9, 2018

Breakfast is an important meal. It gives us energy. People in different parts of the world eat different foods for breakfast. Here are five meals from five countries. Which breakfast would you like to eat? Order Up Pancakes, bacon, and…

Audio
Spanish

Business

Fighting Food Waste

March 10, 2017

Americans throw away many pounds of fruits and vegetables each year. That is a waste of food. It is bad for the environment. But some people are working to change it. They are selling and eating ugly food. Ugly but…

Audio
Video
Spanish