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Portion Distortion: Seeing the Healthy Way to Eat (2004)

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This program teaches students how to choose the rights food portions and to avoid "supersizing" at fast food restaurants. Using easy-to-understand analogies, children learn how to visualize proper portion size. For instance, a protein portion should be about the size as the palm of your hand.

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Elementary
Middle
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00:20
Portion Distortion: Seeing the Healthy Way to Eat

Portion Control: Seeing the Healthy Way to Eat

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Using the power of video to its best advantage this program teaches teens how to choose the right food portions for their body type and metabolism and to visualize these portions in memorable ways. Nationwide, teenagers have become accustomed to eating “supersized.” This is a major factor in the obesity epidemic affecting teens today.

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Middle
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00:22
Portion Control: Seeing the Healthy Way to Eat

Possum Magic (Unabridged)

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An Australian possum named Hush used to think that the magic made by Grandma Poss to make her invisible was fun, until one day, Hush wants to know what she looks like. Tour Australia with these two charming possums as they sample the food that will one day make Hush's wish come true.

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00:09
Possum Magic (Unabridged)

Eat Right, Feel Good: Rosen Real Readers: Early Fluency (Unabridged)

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It's never too early to set good nutrition habits. This audiobook covers the five food groups - grains, fruits and vegetables, proteins, dairy - and also explains how to be a healthy eater.

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Eat Right, Feel Good: Rosen Real Readers: Early Fluency (Unabridged)

Magnus Powermouse (Unabridged)

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His mother was amazed when she saw the size of her newborn infant and realized that feeding him was going to cause problems. She turned to a box of patent Porker Pills, used for fattening pigs. But the bigger Magnus grew, the more problems he caused.

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Magnus Powermouse (Unabridged)

Ancient Roman Daily Life

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The family was central to life in ancient Rome. Explore the roles of women, children, slaves, and the all-powerful paterfamilias, or head of the family. Find out what that Romans enjoyed doing in their free time and learn what their food, clothing, and homes were like. Readers will be fascinated (even if some are slightly nauseated by the fact that the Romans considered peacock brains an exotic delicacy).

Ancient Roman Daily Life

Tales for Very Picky Eaters

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A father tells outlandish stories while trying to get his young son, who is a very picky eater, to eat foods he thinks he will not like.

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AD500L
Tales for Very Picky Eaters

How Monkeys Make Chocolate: Foods and medicines from the rainforests

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An account of the interdependence of plants, animals, & humans in the world's rain forests.

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1120L
How Monkeys Make Chocolate: Foods and medicines from the rainforests

In Organic We Trust

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We can no longer stomach our food system. 78% of Americans eat some organic food, mostly because they think it's healthier. But is it everything it's cracked up to be?

This film examines the shortcomings of the certified organic industry. What does "certified organic" mean? Is organic food really better for us?

Our broken food system is harming human health, the environment, and our communities. "In Organic We Trust" looks beyond organic for real solutions.

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01:21
In Organic We Trust

The Future of Food (2004)

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There is a revolution happening in the farm fields and on the dinner tables of America, a revolution that is transforming the very nature of the food we eat. THE FUTURE OF FOOD offers and in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled grocery store shelves for the past decade.

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01:30
The Future of Food

Vegucated (2010)

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Three People. Six Weeks. One Challenge.

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01:17
Vegucated

Ingredients: The Local Food Movement Takes Root (2009)

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Inspiring and rich, INGREDIENTS unearths the roots of the local food movement and digs into the stories of the chefs, farmers and activists transforming our broken food system. This upbeat, beautifully photographed film introduces us to the verdant farms and pioneering restaurants where good food is produced and served.

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01:07
Ingredients: The Local Food Movement Takes Root

TED Talks: Jackie Savitz: Save the Oceans, Feed the World!

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What's a marine biologist doing talking about world hunger? Well, says Jackie Savitz, fixing the world's oceans might just help to feed the planet's billion hungriest people. In an eye-opening talk, Savitz tells us what's really going on in our global fisheries right now - it's not good - and offers smart suggestions of how we can help them heal, while making more food for all.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxMidAtlantic 2013, an independent event. TED editors featured it among their selections on their home page.

Bread Comes to Life: A Garden of Wheat and a Loaf to Eat (2003)

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Bread Where does it come from? How is it made?

Come watch a baker turn a homegrown crop of wheat into a homemade loaf to eat. Then see it all happen again at a big farm, a giant mill, and a full-scale commercial bakery.

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Elementary
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00:22
Bread Comes to Life: A Garden of Wheat and a Loaf to Eat

Eggs 101: A Video Project (2008)

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Exquisitely simple, yet enormously complex, the egg is one of nature's marvels. This Video Field Trip, produced by PBS39, explains modern egg production, from the development of the egg within the hen, through the packing of washed, sized and graded eggs for sale. The film is suitable for agriculture, family and consumer sciences, economics and science programs as well as other classes.

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Middle
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00:28
Eggs 101: A Video Project

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