This fruit loves cooler temperatures for growing and in fact, its tree serves as a hangout for a partridge when Santa comes to town
What is a pear?
this food group is rich in carbohydrates
What are Grains?
The production of crops and livestock all the way to consumer consumption-The sum of the process and it's interactions with the entire supply chain.
What is a food system?
The red tart stem of this plant is most often used as if it were a fruit.
What is rhubarb?
This is the most popular grain used all around the world.
What is rice?
This veggie is usually seen in white but also comes in orange and purple. It is high in fiber, folate, Vitamin C, low in calories and dense in nutrition. It can be eaten cooked or raw. It is usually harvested in early fall.
What is Cauliflower?
this vitamin is key for good eyesight, there is a ton of it in carrots.
what is vitamin A?
these facilities/ organizations are known for being the "middlemen" in the process of connecting producers with intuitional partners and local food to their communities. Iowa has under 10 of these.
What is a Food Hub?
A root, spicy and pungent, a favorite in Asian dishes, and is also an antidote to nausea.
What is ginger?
This tool helps harvest and is sometimes associated with the Grim Reaper.
What is a scythe?
Considered the jewel of autumn and one of the oldest known fruits, this one’s abundance in antioxidants classifies it a superfood.
What is pomegranate?
These are the 5 food groups
what is fruits, vegetables, grains, proteins, and dairy?
This Food Hub is located in Johnson county and works with over 50 producers to manage, market, store, aggregate, and distribute local food through an online farmer's market as well to wholesale customers.
What is Field to Family?
Cultivated for its swollen stem this relative to the cabbage is eaten raw in slaw or cooked. It has recently seen a resurgence in America.
What is kholrabi?
This is the most common crop grown world wide.
What is corn?
This root Vegetable is grown and harvested from mid-fall to early spring. Known for it's powerful spicy flavor, it is most commonly used in condiments or as a garnish.
What is Horseradish?
this vitamin is key for keeping immune system function in good condition. citrus fruits have a high content of these vitamins.
What is vitamin C?
This incentive program matches customers money spent on produce up to $10.
What is double up food bucks?
the fear of this fruit is called Fragariaphobia.
What is a strawberry?
An 1893 Supreme Court ruling legally made this fruit a vegetable
What is a tomato?
These Legumes are harvested mostly in June and July. They are eaten in the southern U.S. on new years day for good luck. There is a famous American band named after these.
What is Black eyed peas?
This micronutrient helps make red blood cells in the body, high quantities can be found in meat and eggs.
What is Iron?
This program is coordinated by IDALS and helps elementary and secondary school students learn about locally grown food, heathy eating habits, and Iowan farmers.
What is Farm to School?
you would think this fruit is from the tropics but is actually native to North America. It grows on a tree and tastes similar to mango and banana. be sure not to eat it's black toxic seeds.
What is Paw-Paw fruit?
This Mexican dish translates to "little donkey" in English.
What is a burrito?