According to the World Health Organization, 80 percent of deaths from heart disease and stroke are caused by high blood pressure, tobacco use, elevated cholesterol and low consumption of fruits and vegetables.

Around 1804, Talleyrand challenged Careme to produce a full menu for his personal castle, instructing the young baker to use local, seasonal fruits and vegetables and to avoid repeating main dishes over the course of an entire year.

The frozen oranges and apples are a little cheaper, and fruits are really good for the brain.

In the Netherlands, Shell delivers CO2 to farmers who pipe it into their greenhouses, increasing their yield of fruits and vegetables.

Add more fruits and vegetables to her diet.

After conducting extensive research in which he studied the festivals of many African groups of people, he decided that the new holiday should be a harvest or "first fruits" celebration, incorporating ideas from many different harvest traditions.

Kwanzaa is a Kiswahili word meaning "the first fruits of the harvest".

Most Americans don't eat enough fruits, vegetables or whole grains.

The insect, also known as the tomato leaf miner, devastates crops by feeding on fruits and digging into and moving through stalks.

The Mediterranean region is warm and sunny, and produces large supplies of fresh fruits and vegetables almost year round that people eat many times a day.

For breakfast, we were able to eat papaya and other fruits from their trees in the backyard.

For example, stores place fruits and vegetables in the first section.

Many of us love July because it's the month when nature's berries and stone fruits are in abundance.

Of the common berries, strawberries are highest in Vitamin C, although, because of their seeds, raspberries contain a little more protein, iron and zinc not that fruits have much protein.

The shade of the forest trees provides a home for birds and other special that depend on the trees' flowers and fruits.

The yellow and orange stone fruits such as peaches are high in the carotenoids we turn into vitamin a and which are antioxidants.

When combined with berries of slices of other fruits, frozen bananas make an excellent base for thick, cooling fruit shakes and low fat "ice cream".

Planning ahead should eliminate wastage, but if you have surplus vegetables you'll do a vegetable soup, and all fruits threatening to "go off" will be cooked or juice.