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Vegetables

Healthy plant foods that grow in gardens, like carrots, broccoli, and spinach, full of vitamins and minerals to keep your body strong.

Broccoli
Broccoli
Fun Fact Want something high in Vitamin C but don't feel like eating fruit? Just one cup of raw, chopped broccoli has the same amount of Vitamin C as an orange—that's your entire daily need.
Carrot
Carrot
Fun Fact Carrots are an excellent source of beta-carotene, and contain high amount of fiber. Beta carotene is important for eyesight, skin health, and normal growth.
Corn
Corn
Fun Fact An acre of corn eliminates 8 tons of carbon dioxide from our air.
Cucumber
Cucumber
Fun Fact 60 million tons of cucumbers are grown worldwide each year. The inner tempera- ture of a cucumber can be up to 20 de- grees cooler than the outside air temperature. The cucumber was first cultivated in India over 3,000 years ago and is one of our oldest vegetables.
Peas
Peas
Fun Fact Peas are a good source of vitamin A, vitamin C, folate, thiamine (B1), iron and phosphorus. They are also rich in protein, carbohydrate and fibre and low in fat.
Spinach
Spinach
Fun Fact Spinach is an edible, flowering plant native to central and western Asia. It is thought to have originated in Persia (modern day Iran) and was later introduced to India and ancient China and then to Sicily, Germany, England and France.
Sweet Potato
Sweet Potato
Fun Fact Sweet potatoes are usually orange but also found in other colors, such as white, red, pink, violet, yellow, and purple.
Tomato
Tomato
Fun Fact Tomatoes are one of the world's most consumed vegetable crops. According to the Food and Agricultural Organization, around 340 billion pounds, or 170 million tons, of fresh and processed tomatoes were produced around the world in 2014. The harvested area covered is 12 million acres of farmland.