2013 is International Year of Quinoa
Quinoa is one of the most nutritious foods on the planet, cooked like rice, gluten-free, and loaded with vitamins and minerals. http://www.mnn.com/food/healthy-eating/stories/2013-is-international-year-of-quinoa
2013 International Year of Quinoa is on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/IYQ2013
United Nations and Sustainability
http://www.un.org/en/sustainability/
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WA Food Science and Technology Network Day, 14 November 2012
The Food Miles calculator whilst not an App can be represented as an ‘Home Screen’App on your iPad.
Food Miles
Mobile Apps for the iPad and Android:
- Epicurious
- Cooking, Baking & Recipe Apps For The iPad
- Food Truth
- myFood Nutrition Facts
- Food Process
- Calories
- Whole foods
- A-Z Food Nutrition Facts Lite
- Food Switch
- Jamie Oliver’s Recipes
- Loss It
Other Useful Web Resources
- Food – a fact of life
http://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/ - World Hunger Year
http://www.worldhungeryear.org - Healthy Active Classroom
http://www.healthy-active-classroom.com.au/Teaching-Resource-Units/SA - Classroom Resources for Healthy Kids
https://healthy-kids.com.au/category/82/classroom-resources - Nutrition in the Classroom: Teacher Resources
http://www.healthyeatingpei.ca/toolkit-section6.php - 100 Mile Diet
http://100milediet.org/ - ABC Education Schools
http://www.abc.net.au/schoolstv/food/” - Australian Food and Grocery Council
http://www.afgc.org.au - Australian Food News
http://www.ausfoodnews.com.au - Australian Government National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
http://www.nhmrc.gov.au - FOODmap
http://www.daff.gov.au/agriculture-food - Australian Government Department of Health and Aging
http://www.health.gov.au - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
http://www.aihw.gov.au - Bitesize
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools - Food Labels Explained
http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au - Buy Green
http://www.buygreen.com - Buy West Eat Best
http://www.buywesteatbest.wa.gov.au - CSIRO
http://www.csiro.au - Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia
http://www.agric.wa.gov.au - Food Australia
http://www.foodaust.com.au/about.html - Food insight
http://www.foodinsight.org - Food for Thought Series
http://www.abc.net.au/schoolstv/food - Food Safety Information Council
- Food Security Network
http://www.foodsafety.asn.au - Food Security Learning Centre
http://www.worldhungeryear.org - Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ)
http://www.foodstandards.gov.au - Foodwatch
http://www.foodwatch.com.au/ - Fresh for Kids
http://www.freshforkids.com.au/ - Global Education
http://www.globaleducation.edna.edu.au/ - Healthy Food Guide
http://www.healthyfoodguide.com.au - Heart Foundation
http://www.heartfoundation.org.au - Nutrition Australia
http://www.nutritionaustralia.org - Onfood
http://www.onfood.com.au - OZ Food Net
http://www.ozfoodnet.gov.au/ - The Australian Bureau of Statistics
http://www.abs.gov.au/ - The Department of Agriculture and Food
http://www.agric.wa.gov.au - The European Food Information Council
http://www.eufic.org/ - Victorian Eco Innovation Lab
http://www.ecoinnovationlab.com/ - Wiki Books – Cooking Techniques
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook - World Health Organisation
http://www.who.int/about/en - Worldwatch Institute
http://www.worldwatch.org/node/827″
Digital Technologies 