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Food

Created: June 7, 2009, Parts: 15

Provider:

boveri

Shared Lesssons: 168

Title and Description Time Level Preview

Yard Work: When People Choose Sod Over Seed

Getting the best looking grass from turf takes effort - both for the farmers and the users.

3:59 Advanced 1

Grow It Yourself: Strawberries

Renovation - which includes removing a lot of old plants to let newer ones replace them - is an impo

3:58 Advanced 2

The Seeds of Weed Control

Advice for dealing with unwelcome plants.

3:58 Advanced 2

Letting a Robot Milk Your Cow

How automated systems work on dairy farms

3:57 Advanced 2

Parsley: Not Just Another Pretty Green

Advice for growing the plants

3:55 Advanced 2

Let Us Plant Lettuce…

Experts say the green vegetable is one of the easiest to grow in your garden.

3:56 Advanced 1

Growing Chili Peppers: A Heated Subject

Brighten up your salsa, soups and salads with homegrown chilies.

3:57 Advanced 1

A Vegetable Garden Grows at the White House

First lady Michelle Obama breaks ground for the White House Kitchen Garden with the help of local st

3:57 Advanced 2

Working Magic in the Garden With Beans

Advice from the University of Illinois Extension

3:57 Advanced 2

Growing Crops With Less Water

Researchers are developing plants that use less water or use it better, or both.

3:57 Advanced 1

Do-It-Yourself: Growing Tomatoes

Advice for growing a fruit used as a vegetable in cooking.

3:59 Advanced 1

Do-It-Yourself: Growing Potatoes

Another in a series of reports for home vegetable gardeners.

4:01 Advanced 2

Putting Your Head to Growing Cabbage

Think about it if you live where the temperature is cool and the soil is moist and fertile.

3:58 Advanced 2

Not All Carrots Are Orange

Advice about growing one of the world's most popular vegetables.

3:56 Advanced 1

'What Should Americans Eat?' Michael Pollan and the Politics of Food

Michael Pollan and the Politics of Food Journalist and activist asks environmental, economic and mor

15:20 Advanced 1