What Fruit/Veggie am I?
It is an herb with edible seeds, flowers, leaves, and stems. Many people love it, while others say it tastes like soap
What is cilantro?
They can be big or small, and come in many colors. People eat them often in salsa, salads, pizza, and pasta
What are tomatoes?
The name of the growing medium we use to grow our produce
What is soil?
The production of this meat has the largest carbon footprint
What is beef?
These are the 3 main macronutrients. All of which we can find in vegetables
Bonus Points for the 2 other macronutrients we need and can get in vegetables
Carbs, Fat, Protein
Bonus: Water and Fiber
It is the only fruit with seeds on the outside
What is a strawberry?
It can be sweet or spicy, and grow in the height of the summer.
The name of the wooden boxes we grow our plants in
What are garden beds?
The term for breaking down food scraps and other plant material into fertilizer for plants
What is composting?
What is MyPlate?
It is a brassica that grows on a large stalk with many small, edible buds.
What is a brussels sprout?
It is a fruit in the cucurbit (cucumber) family. It is a vining plant that grows in the summer and produces a fruit with soft flesh and a rough, bumpy, web-like rind
What is a cantaloupe?
This is attached to the back of a garden bed to support heavy, vining plants. It is often made from metal or wood
What is a trellis?
This percentage of land is used for agriculture in the United States (± 5%)
What is 52%? (according to the USDA)
The term for eating without distraction and listening to hunger and fullness cues
Mindful eating/intuitive eating
It is an allium that grows underground for 9 months
What is garlic?
It is in the nightshade family, and can be purple, white, or green. It is the main ingredient in baba ganoush.
What is Eggplant?
This is used to water the Codman garden
What is a drip irrigation system?
The term for a complex web of activities involving the production, processing, transport, and consumption of food
What is food systems?
It can be a soluble or insoluble carb, and is found in the vast majority of fruits and vegetables
What is fiber?
What is a husk cherry/ground cherry?
It is an popular herbs that grows and spreads primarily through rhizomes, making it hard to contain. It is the most common flavor of toothpaste.
What is mint?
This is added as a "season extender" on top of the garden beds to act as a small greenhouse for our veggies in the winter
What is a cold frame?
This is the term used for produce that is grown in your community
The average American eats this percentage of the daily recommended intake of vegetables per day (RDI-2.5 cups)
What is Half - 50%