Produce:
Fruits and Vegetables

Web Sites

Directories

• Epicurious
  If you need a good recipe for a fruit or vegetable, run a search on Epicurious for the specific fruit or vegetable.
• Food Resource: PLANT FOODS: CEREALS, FRUITS, GRAINS, SEEDS, VEGETABLES
  Browse through their alphabetical list of fruits and vegetables for answers to frequently asked questions, links to websites, print references and images. From Oregon State University.
• Think Vegetables
  thinkvegetables.co.uk provides information on the main vegetables available in the UK [United Kingdom] including nutritional information and recipes.

Specific Vegetables and Fruits

• African Vegetables
  Redbud farm in West Virginia grows leafy vegetables, root crops, and hot peppers for the West African population of Washington DC.
• Eat 5 to 9 a Day for Better Health
  A national program by the National Cancer Institute to increase fruit and vegetable intake.
• Eden Foundation
  There are 250,000 known plant species in the world, but only 20 of them provide 90% of our food. The Eden Foundations mission is to find those treasures and bring them to people who really need them.
• Fruits and Veggies Matter
  This is the website of the National Fruit & Vegetable Program, a confederation of government (including the CDC), not-for-profit groups and industry groups working to increase the consumption of fruits and vegetables for improved public health. On their website you can find information on a variety of common and not so common fruits and vegetables.
• Apples
  • The Apple Experts, Knouse Foods
    This Pennsylvania apple processing company (Musselman's brand) offers information about common Pennsylvania apples and recipes using apple products such as apple butter, applesauce, apple pie filling apple juice, and vinegar.
  • Apples: US Apple Commission
    Look here for a description of apple varieties, apple products, and recipes.
  • Apples: Washington Apple Commission
    Check here for an extensive collection of apple recipes, as well as information on apple varieties and nutrition.
• Avocado Central
  Recipes from the Hass Avocado Board. You can even find the Hass Avocado “Chile” Dog from Chile!
• Avocados: California Avocado Commission
  The California Avocado Commission is your resource for Genuine California Avocados and the California Avocado industry. Look for avocado recipes and specialties, avocado health benefits as well as avocado industry information for media, growers, foodservice and merchandising.

• Bananas: Turbana Banana
  banana and plantain recipes, nutritional information, history, how bananas grow
• Blueberries
  • Blueberries: Atlantic Blueberry Company: Blueberry Recipes
    from the New Jersey grower, the largest cultivated blueberry farm on the planet, with over 1300 acres of cultivated blueberries.
  • Blueberry.org
    This is the website of the North American Blueberry Council and has sections for both the blueberry industry and the consumer. Included is health news about the benefits of blueberries, frequently asked questions, links to blueberry recipes, blueberry festivals, and places where you can pick your own blueberries.
  • Wild Blueberry Association of North America
• Cherries
  • Cherry Marketing Institute
    CMI is a national research and promotion organization that represents U.S. tart cherry growers. Sour cherries grow great in Pittsburgh and this website will give you ideas about how to use them.
  • Preserve the Harvest: Cherries
    Instructions for freezing, canning, drying, making jam from the Utah State University Extension Service.
• Chile Peppers
  • Chile Pepper Magazine
    Offers a searchable database of its recipes online.
  • Chiles of the Southwest
• Citrus: Florida Department of Citrus
  More than 100 new citrus recipes.
• The Cucurbit Network
  Check here for news and information about the Cucurbitaceae family (squashes, cucumbers, pumpkins, mellons, gourds, chayote)

• Figs: California Fig Advisory Board
  Ideas, recipes, nutritional information for dried figs.
• Frieda's Specialty Produce
  Site includes recipes for specialty fruits and vegetables from a marketer of over 500 items including exotic fruit, specialty vegetables, dried fruits and nuts, mushrooms, squash, and a wide variety of Asian and Latin foods.
• Hazelnut Council
  Created to encourage hazelnut (also known as filberts) consumption in the US, this site offers information about hazelnuts and recipes. The two major producers are Turkey and Oregon.
• Honey Locator
  There are more than 300 distinct types of honey, each originating from different floral sources across the United States. Learn about them and find sources for them from this site by the National Honey Board.
• Kiwi: CalHarvest Fruit Cookbook
  Specializing in Kiwi recipes
• Kumquat Growers, Inc.
  Learn about this small sour citrus fruit and get recipes for using it.
• Mangoes: The world's most popular fruit
  Recipes from Epicurious (Gourmet and Bon Appetit magazines).
• Nopales (Prickly Pear Cactus Pads)
  This is an article and recipes from the Desert USA website. At the bottom are links to Prickly Pear Sweets & Treats and Prickly Pear Cactus.
• Onions: National Onion Association
  Learn about onions from the producers. Includes recipes.
• Pawpaw Information Website
  This Kentucky State University website covers many topics including: Pawpaw FAQ, Description of fruit, Pawpaw recipes, Nutritional information, Guide to growing, Cultivars, Where to buy.
• Pears: USA Pears
  This site from the Pear Bureau Northwest (Washington and Oregon) offers information about pear varieties and pear nutrition as well as recipes.
• Potatoes: Healthy Potato
  Recipes and nutritional information from the United States Potato Board.
• Potatoes: Idaho Potato Commission
  Click on "Recipes" to see recipes arranged by category.
• Potato: The International Potato Center (CIP)
  This is an agricultural center outside of Lima, Peru, dedicated to preserving different strains of the potato, as well as other root crops of the Andes.
• Raisins: California Raisin Marketing Board
  This website includes recipes by famous chefs using raisins. You might like to try "Composition of Bobwhite Quail, Tuscan White Beans, and California Raisin Tapenade" or, if that sounds too easy, "Confit of Wild Scottish Salmon and Curried Raisin Oxtail with Beetroot Emulsion"
• Raisins: Sun-Maid Raisins
  Includes recipes and nutritional information.
• The Rhubarb Compendium
  Check here for everything you wanted to know about rhubarb including recipes.
• Squash, Winter: Fine Cooking: Squash Season
  Read about various types of winter squash and try their recipes.
• Sweet Potatoes: Louisiana Sweet Potato Commission
  Includes nutritional information and recipes for the "yam" (really a sweet potato) found in supermarkets in the fall.
• Sweet Potatoes: North Carolina Sweet Potato Commission
  Includes a selection of recipes arranged by categories.
• Tropipak Distributors
  Browse through their list of tropical produce for basic information and recipes.
• Walnuts: California Walnut Commission
  Information about walnuts, health and nutrition, recipes, news and events as well as information for growers and processors.

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Pittsburgh Region

• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: A passion for pawpaws
  In this September 18, 2003 article, Suzanne Martinson describes her trip to the annual Ohio PawPaw Festival in Lake Snowden, Ohio. Included is information about the pawpaw (a fruit related to the tropical cherimoya and guanabana) and recipes.
• Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Association
  The Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Association (PVGA) is a 910 member association of commercial vegetable, potato and berry growers and allied industry personnel. Includes links to other resources.