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It's easy to buy locally. Buy Fresh Buy Local Nebraska 2012-2013 Spring Food Guide are now available! Pick one up today at your local Farmers' Market (Lincoln, Omaha, Wahoo, Wayne, etc.) or Business/Restaurant and discover all the ways you can purchase and enjoy fresh, local food this year!
You probably have seen the BFBLN bumper stickers, posters, or t-shirts and tote bags around promoting "Buy Fresh Buy Local®." It's not just a marketing program, it's a philosophy that directs Buy Fresh Buy Local® Nebraska members in rebuilding local economics, starting with economies of food and food raised through environmentally sound methods.
Now is a great time to start planting herbs. Adding fresh herbs to foods is a quick way to transform ordinary meals into extraordinary meals. They flavor foods when cutting back on salt, fat and sugar. Plus, herbs have antioxidants that may help protect against such diseases as cancer and heart disease.
See how a simple snip of chives can add flavor and color to foods in this short video.
FoodFunforYoungKids
Check out the latest section on this website: Food Fun for Young Kids. Cami Wells, Nutrition Educator, serves up quick, healthy meal and snack ideas for younger children. Her latest is for Lemon Velvet Supreme, a tasty way to encourage your child to eat more fruit and dairy products.
Empanads Day, Brown-Bag-It Day, Herb Week, Women's Health Week, Food Allergy Week, Celiac Awareness Month, Osteoporosis Prevention Month, etc. LOTS of HEALTHY RECIPES, and much more!
Lean, Finely Textured Beef is Beef: Safe, Economical, Nutritious
Lean, finely textured beef has been in the spotlight a lot recently. Learn how this process was developed to separate out lean meat that was lost when when steaks and roasts were cut. Mixing this beef with ground beef provides an economical source of lean meat that is both safe and nutritious.
Prevent Portion Distortion
Portion sizes have gotten bigger over the past 20 years, and so have we! Larger portions add up. Just 100 extra calories per day can lead to a weight gain of 10 pounds per year. Maintaining a healthy weight is a balancing act … balance calories in with calories out.
USDA’s MyPlate symbolizes a simple, personalized approach to remind consumers to make healthy food choices and be active everyday.
Think of MyPlate as a “calorie salary” guide that helps you get the most health and enjoyment from what you eat. Plan calories the same as major expenses — such as a car, house, or vacation.
Children learn through a matching game where their food comes from with the Grow It - Know It app.
Help Optimis the robot move quickly thorough a maze, grab healthy foods and reach the exit before the time runs out.
This app helps gives storage recommendations, reheating instructions, and special considerations for a variety of foods, plus MORE!
ChooseMyPlate Update
The USDA unveiled ChooseMyPlate as the new food guideline to replace MyPyramid. The USDA's updated website states that, "MyPlate illustrates the five food groups using a familiar mealtime visual, a place setting. Here's a short (1 minute) overview, "Choose MyPlate Update," of the new food guideline.
A blog written by moms. Nutrition Know How gives practical tips from 5 University of Nebraska experts who know nutrition. A new tip is posted weekly. Find a link to this blog and to other newsletters, blogs and podcasts offered on food.unl.edu in our Food, Nutrition, and Health Section.
Written by a "food scientist by training and a foodie by practice." Learn something new each week!
FREE Handwashing Posters & Other Materials
Help promote handwashing at your work or community site with these FREE materials! Includes a poster in English and Spanish, activity sheets for kids, table tents, health fair game, more ... Download here...
UNL Food Events 
It's easy to buy locally. 
Check out the latest section on this website: 
Empanads Day, Brown-Bag-It Day, Herb Week, Women's Health Week, Food Allergy Week, Celiac Awareness Month, Osteoporosis Prevention Month, etc. LOTS of HEALTHY RECIPES, and much more!
Dry edible beans have been called a nearly perfect food. 
