Here are some kidcyber recommended links to sites about foods and food production
Bananas
http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/banana.html
Tells of the origin of the plant, about the
various species, how they grow and how to grow them.
Bread
http://www.botham.co.uk/seed/first.htm About how bread is made and the history of bread.
Also nutritional facts about bread.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/bread.htm
About the technology of bread and includes a Q & A page
about bread facts.
Butter
http://www.butterisbest.com/faq/index.html FAQs about butter. How is it made? Can I make it at home? How much of it should I eat? etc.
Canned Foods
http://www.cannedfood.org/ A site about Australian canned foods. Includes
how cans are made, the canning process, nutrition and canned
foods, recycling cans, recipes and access to free stuff.
Cheese
http://www.cheese.com/
Lots of information about cheeses
of all kinds.
Fruit
http://www.crfg.org/pubs/frtfacts.html Index
to facts about fruits of all kinds with information about the
origin of the species and how to grow them.
http://www.dole5aday.com/Kids/K_Index.htmlChoose the fruit and vegetable encyclopedia to find nutritional information about fruits of all kinds.
Honey http://www.capilano.com.au/
Milk
http://www.whymilk.com/ Site
uses celebrities to promote milk.
http://www.got-milk.com/ Site designed for kids and about products, health issues, recipes and includes quizzes etc.
Organic farming
http://www.ebfarm.com/Kids/index.aspx
Rice
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/satoyama/rice.html From America's PBS Television network, a video
shows time lapse film of rice paddies through one cycle. Also
info about rice, history, growing and processing.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/satoyama/hillside.html
Animation shows step by step
Sugar
http://www.bundysugar.com.au/sugar/schools/process.htm
Tea
http://www.stashtea.com/facts.htm Read about the history of tea and check
out the history of the development of teapots at http://www.stashtea.com/teapots.htm
Vegetables
http://www.dole5aday.com/Kids/K_Index.jsp
Select a vegetable and get
nutritional facts. Each vegetable has a name and speaks to you
(e.g Barney Broccoli). Each has a link to an entry in a fruit
& vegetable encyclopedia. (USA statistics) Includes a kids'
cookbook and games.
http://www.foodsubs.com/FGVegetables.html
A dictionary/thesaurus of vegetables
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June 2006