Companion Resource
How Does it Grow? Video Series
This video series follows food from farm to fork. Learn more about potatoes, asparagus, mushrooms, cranberries, garlic, cauliflower, spinach, oranges and more. These videos are a great way to introduce students to food science and cooking, and to increase understanding of the sources of our food.
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PBS: America's Heartland
Lessons Associated with this Resource
- Homegrown in Your State: Fruits and Vegetables
- Potatoes: More Than Fries
- Right This Very Minute
- An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
- Bunches of Berries
- Vegetables: Tops and Bottoms
- Fungi Multiplication
- What's the Difference? A Look at Organic and Conventional Foods
- Geography and Climate for Agricultural Landscapes (Grades 6-8)
- Before the Plate
- Agricultural Production Regions in the United States
- The Columbian Exchange of Old and New World Foods (Grades 9-12)
- Where Does it Grow? The Science of Climate and Food
- Geography and Climate for Agricultural Landscapes (Grades 9-12)