Fruits & Veggies: More Matters

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In simple, user-friendly ways, offers expert cooking advice, nutrition information and shopping tips.
Includes recipes that meet standards set by Produce for Better Health that restrict fat, added sugar, fiber and sodium, assuring they are healthy additions. Recipes which have not been critiqued are noted as such.
Offers Chef’s Tips about Fruits and Vegetables, Mom2Mom conversation about feeding kids, and current supermarket shopping tips for in season fruits and veggies.
Internal links to FoodChamps.org for kids, an online store for promotional items, and teacher resources
Offers a video center with short videos on selection, storage and prep of fruits and veggies, and selected recipe preparation.

Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH) is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) consumer education foundation whose purpose is to motivate people to eat more fruits and vegetables to improve public health. PBH is a member and co-chair of the National Fruit and Vegetable Program (NFVP) formerly known as the 5 A Day Program. The NFVP consists of government agencies, non-profit organizations and industry working in collaboration to expand the Fruits & Veggies-More Matters™ health initiative. Fruits and Veggies-More Matters is the nation's largest public-private, fruit and vegetable, nutrition education initiative with Fruit and Vegetable Nutrition Coordinators in each state, territory and the military.

Date Last Modified 06/05/2009