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Are spotty fruits and vegetables safe to eat?
| Content Provider | TED Ed |
|---|---|
| Author | Brauer, Elizabeth |
| Description | There’s a whole world of plant pathogens out there. Every single plant species has multiple types of pathogens. To find out more about how microbes infect their host and microbe life styles, check out the American Phytopathology Website. To see just how disgusting those spots can get and what they do over time take a look at this site! Do you think that plant and animal immune systems are very different? How different? To see how plant and animal immune systems differ check out this video. Did this lesson leave you wondering about food waste? Take a moment and visit this National Geographic link: How ‘Ugly’ Fruits and Vegetables Can Help Solve World Hunger to find out more about just how much food is being wasted and what we can do about it. Find it difficult to believe that we throw out that much food just because of how it looks? This TED Talk: The global food waste scandal, also discusses food waste and the need for food to look appealing for it to be consumed. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Design Engineering Technology Health Consumer Health Nutrition Science Life Sciences |
| Content Type | Video |
| Time Required | PT4M9S |
| Education Level | Class IX Class X Class XI Class XII |
| Pedagogy | Lecture cum Demonstration |
| Resource Type | Video Lecture |
| Subject | Human Health |
