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Food, Recipe, and Activity of the Week - June 28, 2009

This week's features include:
Food - Watermelon
Recipe - Watermelon soup
Activity - Fishing

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Spending less on food often means investing time and effort in planning, shopping and preparing food. Spend Smart Eat Smart will help you learn skills and adopt habits so you can feed your family nutritious meals for less money.

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Time? Money? Nutritional value? Which one most influences your mealtime decisions?
"Healthy Meals in a Hurry" is designed to help consumers of all ages blend time-saving convenience with nutritious, dollar-stretching food choices.

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Health and Nutrition News from Iowa University State Extension
6/29/2009 - Postharvest Handling of Vegetables Highlighted at July Workshops
Sessions in Ames and Decorah to include discussions on wholesale markets and on preparing produce for market.
6/16/2009 - Food, Housing or Health Care: Latino Immigrants Face Quandary, Research Shows
Data from the multi-state Rural Families Speak project show the tough choices Latino immigrant families face as they figure out how to stretch their limited incomes to cover food, housing and health care costs.
6/10/2009 - How Much Summer Sunshine? Balancing Vitamin D and Skin Cancer
Sunshine -- get enough and your body synthesizes the Vitamin D you need for good health. Get too much sun and you increase your risk of skin cancer. Iowa State food science and human nutrition specialists discuss how to get the right balance.