Choosing fruits and vegetables that your family will enjoy can be challenging. Use these resources to help you choose, store, and use fruits and vegetables to add variety and health to your diet!
Choosing Fruits & Vegetables
- Choose your Crop: The Foods We Eat (fun facts, recipes, information on food preservation, and more)
- Choose My Plate. (Make healthy choices for you and your family) English Espanol
- What’s in Season Now? (explore different fruits and vegetables throughout the year)
- What’s in Season? (includes recipe search and searching for key nutrients!)
Safe Handling of Fruits & Vegetables at Home
- Fight BAC! Like a ProducePro (Partnership for Food Safety Education)
- Food Facts: Juice (FDA) English Espanol
- Food Facts: Raw Produce (FDA) English Espanol
- How to Properly Wash Fresh Produce (video) (step-by-step instructions from the University of California-Davis)
- How to Tell if Your Fruits and Vegetables Have Gone Bad (video) (clear steps to help you choose what to eat and what to discard/compost)
- Steps to Safe and Healthy Fruits & Vegetables (CDC)
Storing Fruits & Vegetables at Home
- Best Way to Store Fruits & Vegetables (including what items should not be stored together!)
- FoodKeeper App (maximize freshness and quality) mobile Android Apple
- Storing Fresh Fruits & Vegetables
- Storing Fresh Fruits & Vegetables for Better Taste
Using Fruits & Vegetables
- 10 Tips to Eat More Fruits
- 17 Creative Ways to Eat More Vegetables
- Choose your Crop: The Foods We Eat (fun facts, recipes, information on food preservation, and more)
- Fruit and Vegetable Fact Sheets (nutrition information, recipes, and more)
- Healthy Eating….and Entertaining with Fruits & Vegetables
- Silly, Saucy, Scary: The Many Faces of Ugly Produce
- What’s in Season Now? (explore different fruits and vegetables throughout the year)
- What’s in Season? (includes recipe search and searching for key nutrients!)