Preparing for Fall
 
Green and Orange Vegetables with Purdue Extension FoodLink name, website and the saying "Fresh Food Ideas...Enjoy the Flavors of the Season!"
 
     
USDA Foodkeeper App

     If you are looking for a quick and easy way to keep track of the recommended fresh and/or frozen shelf life for almost any food product AND you want to want to keep up with current food recall, then this is the App for you. Consider downloading to your phone.           
     This recently updated USDA App offers specific storage timelines for various products, from dairy to produce (even alcoholic beverages!)  A great news story on the app can be found here. The FoodKeeper app is one way USDA is utilizing technological advances to better improve public health. It offers specific storage timelines for various products including meat, poultry, produce, seafood, dairy products and eggs, and more. (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Public Domain)    
      October is Farm to School month! Their website has lots of great free resources to use to promote.  
      Great Lakes Apple Crunch Day used National Farm to School month to make a countdown to crunch day!  Their countdown has already arrived, but the idea is a great one to promote your produce during Farm to School Month. Thursday, October 11, 2018, was Great Lakes Apple Crunch Day. The purpose of the day is to celebrate National Farm to School Month by crunching into locally and regionally grown apples.
Apple FoodLink QR code

     The above QR code was found here, so producers can make their own signs or other materials.
      Even if the OFFICIAL Apple Crunch day may have passed…every day is a great day to celebrate the flavor and healthful benefits of fruit… especially apples at this time of year! Check out the fun recipes for apples including Apple & Chicken Salad and Apple Cranberry Salad as well as useful suggestions available for apples in FoodLink. 

 

Picture of smiling woman with glasses wearing a black shirt and black apron with "Purdue Extension". She wears gloves as she holds a blender lid closed as the blender runs with an orange mixture whirling inside. Her table has ice, and other ingredients on it

Draft of first page Winter Squash recipe card print out with 4 per page (there is a second side) Please let us know what you think or if you have any suggestions. 

 

     We know that not everyone uses a smartphone and you don’t always have web access…so… we are developing a set of 65 crop/recipe cards that you will be able to download and print as needed for each crop you have available at any time…we have a draft of four ready now (you can print 2 or 4 per page)
and much more available soon!   Please give us feedback and suggestions on what you think about the recipe cards. Thanks to the team and especially Amanda Gray, our NEP assistant for all the hard work on these recipe cards.  Look forward to more rolling out soon.

   
   -     Roy Ballard Purdue Extension Hancock County  
Four Seasons of Healthy Eating
The booklet features our twelve favorite recipes from winter, spring, summer, and fall. Helping you use and shop for "in season" produce!   As always with FoodLink, the recipes are expertly reviewed. Included on each page are nutrition information and a QR code that when "read" with a QR reader takes you to an online video demonstrating the recipe. Find the link for the order form here. 		Winter Squash FoodLink Page
Order your materials from FoodLink as you prepare for your Fall markets.
October is National Farm to School Month, click the logo below for great free resources!
National Farm to School Month Logo with a silhouette of a tractor on a book
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