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Offline JohnnyReb

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Info on food value for Scout merit badge.
« on: June 23, 2011, 05:34:10 PM »
Son is working on his "Gardening" merit badge. He has an answer for the following question but I don't think it's going to be good enough. Can you help me find a site that will answer the following. Him, me and we haven't had any luck in finding what I think they're looking for.

2. Give the food value of the following.

   a. Three root or tubar crops.

   b. Three vegetables that bear above ground.

   c. Three fruits.

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Re: Info on food value for Scout merit badge.
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2011, 06:12:42 PM »
Do you have to have a website or reference? I live down here in farm country and thought I might be able to help. But only really have first hand "common sense" type answers. Have you looked at homefarming.org?

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Re: Info on food value for Scout merit badge.
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2011, 06:27:23 PM »
Son is working on his "Gardening" merit badge. He has an answer for the following question but I don't think it's going to be good enough. Can you help me find a site that will answer the following. Him, me and we haven't had any luck in finding what I think they're looking for.

2. Give the food value of the following.

   a. Three root or tubar crops.

   b. Three vegetables that bear above ground.

   c. Three fruits.

I don't know what they want when they say "food value" - but I'd choose my vegetables from this list http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_vegetables - making sure to pick different families each time.

Fruit - I'd select Apple , some form of citrus , and Mango.

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Re: Info on food value for Scout merit badge.
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2011, 11:00:10 AM »
For the tubars, I'd select potatos, carrots, and maybe beets