FOOD STUDENTS supplies information in the form of interesting stories and entertaining features on food, and on its production and origin. Modern technologies take centre stage. A broad pool of information is ensured by an extensive database and support from real experts.
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not only asks questions, it also gives interesting accounts. In addition, it offers help tools such as the encyclopedia to enable you to tackle the questions.
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In a nutshell: many, many words – not only those found in FOOD STUDENTS – are explained in a way which will make you want to read up on more than one entry.
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in food and food production give competent and independent answers to your questions. Remember: There is no such thing as a silly question!
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Supplementary information, advice for lessons, and additional material such as originals for transparencies are offered on an . In this way FOOD STUDENTS can also serve to enrich classroom lessons.
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FOOD STUDENTS took a look behind the scenes of food production. You can read stories and anecdotes, and at the same time learn which not everyone knows.
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Eufic is an European organisation offering scientifically based information on food safety and food quality
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The world of food is very large. So is the world wide web. With its link tips, FOOD STUDENTS can set you off on a quest for further knowledge.
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Nutrition and food production
European Food Information Council (EUFIC)
www.eufic.org (in English, Deutsch, Italiano, Francais, Espanol, Portugues). As an independent, non-profit organisation, EUFIC has been established to provide consumers with objective science-based information about food safety and quality.
Database Application of Biotechnology in Crops (English) of EUFIC:
www.eufic.org/de/tech/database/index.htm
e.g, Potato: www.eufic.org/de/tech/database/potato.htm
Coolfoodplanet (www.coolfoodplanet.org) is also a site from EUFIC. It offers a Kid’s section, a section for teens, and a section for teachers and parents. Coolfoodplanet gives a lot of information about nutrition in a short and funny way.
The Food Safety Network: www.foodsafetynetwork.ca
This Canadian site of the University of Guelph offers a lot of topics like "Food Safety and international trade" or "Eat well, eat safe". The "Eat well, eat safe"-site for example is a companion website to the Food Safety Network and offers consumers a source of Canadian information about food and food safety.
University of Illinois, Urban Programs Resource Network:www.urbanext.uiuc.edu, a site for parents and children. This site has a nutrition and health section. (partly in Spanish).
Food and Beverage - Quality and Safety, a site of the company SGS, UK: www.sgs.co.uk informs about food law, "hot issues" like GM-Food, Mad Cow Disease and more. With an online game for kids: Food Fight
The website "Healthy Eating Club": www.healthyeatingclub.com offers a lot information about nutrition, health and food production in fact sheets and articles, e.g. about food additives, food labels, minerals, nutrients or phytochemicals. Also on this site: dietary assessment tools, on-line healthy eating course and on-line wellness program.
Special products
Website from VOG (Verband der Suedtiroler Obstgenossenschaften = cooperation of fruit growers): www.vog.it (English, Italian, German).
This is a site with recipes, how to use apples as a medicine and other information about the healthy fruit. VOG offers an "apple box" in German, English and Italian.
www.potatohelp.com , Website of USPB (United States Potato Board, established in 1971 by a group of potato growers). This Website was launched in 2000 as a comprehensive resource for consumers and foodservice professionals. With material for education.
Centro Internacional De La Papa (English and Spanish) = International Potato Center. www.cipotato.org. Opportunity to order or download publications like about Phytophtora infestans: www.cipotato.org/download
The Flour Advisory Bureau, UK: www.fabflour.co.uk. The Flour Advisory Bureau is the central source of information for all matters concerning flour and bread. They hold detailed information on everything from health and nutrition to cooking and baking. An informative site on all matters concerning flour and bread in the UK for the public, media, schools, health professionals, and the catering, retailing and baking trade. Education material for kids from 3 to 14 years (for older pupils coming soon).
The "Bread and Flour"-Site: www.flourandgrain.com. With education material, links, grain and flour facts and recipes for younger pupils and their teachers.
Grains Nutrition Information Center, www.wheatfoods.org. With Powerpoint-presentations, information and links to other sites.
Agriculture
The TELLUS project at www.ceja.educagri.fr : The TELLUS pack contains a set of educational documents which aim to present the agricultural sector within the European Union to children aged between 9 and 11 years, i.e. who are in their final years of primary school education.
Agriculture Network Information Center, www.agnic.org.
AgNIC is a guide to quality agricultural information on the Internet as selected by the U.S. National Agricultural Library, Land-Grant Universities, and other institutions. You may search for topics like "Farming and Farming Systems" or "Food and Human Nutrition".
Link collection of the University of Purdue, Indiana, USA: www.agry.purdue.edu. Links in this collection offer information about crops, soils, and environmental issues from countries all around the world from Argentina to Zimbabwe.
Website of the American Phytopathological Society: www.apsnet.org. Information and articles about plant diseases and ways to handle with them, e.g. on www.apsnet.org/education/K-12PlantPathways you find selected APSnet Feature Articles by pathogen group.
Biotechnology
National Centre for Biotechnology Education of the University of Reading: www.ncbe.reading.ac.uk. The NCBE offers materials, special features like "GM-Food", protocols for practical activities in the classroom and more for all who are interested in biotechnology education.
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