Fresh Fruits and Vegetables

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Department of Human Nutrition

Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Web Site Page

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We have assembled some of the nutrition-related information we have on Fresh Fruits and Vegetables together on this one page site for you. Below you will find links to various materials and handouts.

A Health-Full Plate -- a 2 page easy to use visual guide for making food choices (click here for Spanish version)

Fix it Fresh Recipe Book-- Click on the titles on the index page to view the page.: This 122 page book has fact sheets on fresh fruits and vegetables, recipes and more! This is in pdf format for you to print and use! The cover pages for the recipe book are separate links below.; Recipe Cover Page--Color version
Recipe Cover Page--Black and White version

Color Me Healthy -- 8 page fact sheet

Color Me Healthy -- 4 page Leader's Guide

Fruits and Vegetables Gazette -- 4 page newsletters that emphasize different colors of fruits and vegetables, with recipes

Pick a Better Snack -- fact sheets and recipes promoting how easy various kinds of fruits and vegetables are to eat.

Fruits and Vegetables … Good for You! -- two-sided pamphlets in English or Spanish that emphasize eating more fruits and vegetables

Nutrition Spotlight July/August 1999-- 8 pages on fruits and vegetables

Choose a variety of fruits and vegetables-- 1 page

Nutrition Spotlight May/June 2002 -- (article on page 4) Farmers' Markets Offer Some Pluses for Older Adults

Farmers' Market Poster/placemat -- Fresh from the Farm (This page prints best on legal size paper.)

Fruits and Vegetables Poster/placemat -- How and Why to eat more! (This page prints best on legal size paper.)

Cruciferous (Cabbage Family) Vegetables: "Best Buys" Guide -- 1 page

Carotenoid (Vitamin A) Food Sources: Fruits and Vegetables "Best Buys" -- 2 pages

Fiber-Rich Fruits and Vegetables: a "Best Buys" Guide -- 2 pages

Good Sources of Vitamin C: Fruits and Vegetables "Best Buys" -- 2 pages

High Antioxidant Foods -- 1 page

Safe Handling of Fruits and Vegetables -- Bookmarks -- 2 pages

Fruits and Vegetables: Servings and Savings -- Bookmarks -- 2 pages

Tips for Eating Fruits and Vegetables -- 2 pages

Buying Guide for Kansas-Grown Fresh Fruits and Vegetables -- A 2 page fact sheet to help you choose fresh fruits and vegetables from the Farmer's market.

Eat Plenty of Fruits and Vegetables--A 2 page K-State Research and Extension Nutrition PAGE publication. (This page prints best on legal size paper.)

Enjoy fall fruits and vegetables and a casserole recipe -- A poster/placemat that prints best on legal size paper

Dark leafy greens help protect health -- A half-page flyer (click here for a half-page folded table tent that is best printed on cardstock paper.)

Healthful canned, frozen and fresh fruits & vegetables -- A half-page flyer (click here for a half-page folded table tent that is best printed on cardstock paper.)

Tomatoes are healthful and quick & easy to eat -- A half-page flyer (click here for a half-page folded table tent that is best if printed on cardstock paper.)

Sweet Potatoes are healthful and simple to prepare -- A half-page flyer (click here for a half-page folded table tent that is best if printed on cardstock paper.)

Extra money to help older adults who qualify buy vegetable garden seeds -- a half page flyer (click here for a half-page folded table tent that is best if printed on cardstock paper.)

Vegetarian diets include more than fruits and vegetables. Click here to go to links about vegetarianism.

Fruits & Veggies – More Matters --This site by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention features an archive of “fruits and vegetables of the month” fact sheets. The searchable recipe database promotes fruit and vegetables and the use of whole grains. All recipes are low in fat and cholesterol, with minimal use of salt.

Fruits & Veggies - More Matters -- This site has lots of recipes and activities. It is a national fruit and vegetable promotion campaign sponsored by the Produce for Better Health Foundation in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the National Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society and others.

5 a Day information in Spanish, including recipes

Produce Power –- A crossword puzzle with 21 questions about fruits and vegetables from Food & Health Communications, Inc. Used with permission. You may make up to 25 copies of this puzzle only for your internal use or provision to your lay clients or patients, for educational non-profit purposes, and for use at a single site. (Click here for more information.) (click here for Spanish version)

Fruits and vegetables: children's activities -- 2 pages

Fruits and Vegetables-themed children's stories from the Family Nutrition Program's Book in a Bag Series: activity pages for:

The Enormous Potato

Healthy Eating With MyPyramid: The Fruit Group

Healthy Eating With MyPyramid: The Vegetable Group

Picking Apples and Pumpkins

Handa's Surprise

Pumpkin, Pumpkin

Feast for 10

The Edible Pyramid

A Visit to the Farmers' Market


Children's coloring activities for fruits and vegetables--More Fun With Nutrition Educational Coloring Book

Questions concerning information on this page can be directed to:
Dr. Mary L. Meck Higgins, Ph.D., R.D., L.D., C.D.E., Room 202 Justin Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506, email: mhiggins@ksu.edu or phone at 785-532-1671

K-State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well-being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K-State campus, Manhattan.