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Interests => Living Off of the Grid & Survivalism => Topic started by: JohnnyReb on June 23, 2011, 05:34:10 PM

Title: Info on food value for Scout merit badge.
Post by: JohnnyReb 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.

Title: Re: Info on food value for Scout merit badge.
Post by: cmypay 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?

Title: Re: Info on food value for Scout merit badge.
Post by: LC EFA on June 23, 2011, 06:27:23 PM

Quote from: JohnnyReb 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.

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.

Title: Re: Info on food value for Scout merit badge.
Post by: cmypay on June 25, 2011, 11:00:10 AM

For the tubars, I'd select potatos, carrots, and maybe beets