Media: Video Tape with Discussion Guide
Audience: Children 5-9 y/o, Educators
Pub. Date: 1987
Description: This fun kid's video details a day at a dairy farm from breakfast to milking. The use of a milking machine will have your kids entranced with amazement! Narrated by a young boy, complete with a folk inspired soundtrack, the movement of milk from cow to grocer is shown. Baling hay, feeding the chickens, collecting eggs, and feeding the hogs are a few other attractions. Great video to show kids the dynamics of a small dairy farm.
Length: 14 minutes
Number of Copies: 5
Source: American Educational Products, Inc.

5 Copies

Title:BAC Atack! How Our School Fought BAC for Food Safety
Media: Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials, Activities
Audience: Children, Grades 4-6
Description: This hands-on activity kit teaches students about food safety. Each kit includes video, posters, experiments, activities, home survey and take-home BAC-Catchers. The video highlights the appropriate steps for safe food preparation through investigative reporting done by two kids for their school newspaper after a basketball team pinic left kids and coaches sick.
Pub. Date: 1999
Length: 20 minutes
Number of Copies: 1
Source: The Partnership for Food Safety Education

1 Copy

Media: Video Tape and Discussion Guide
Audience: Food Service Personnel
Pub. Date: 1989
Description: Uses scales, containers and different types of food such as milk, vinegar and flour to define weight and capacity. Shows how to use measuring spoons, cups, ladles, scoops and other measuring utensils. Explains how to use a balance beam scale or baker's scale, and the importance of precision in measuring. Shows examples of how measurement terms and concepts are applied.
Length: 15 minutes
Number of Copies: 1
Source: Vocational Media Associates

1 Copy

Title: Basics: Fruits and Vegetables
Media: Video
Target Audience: Educators, Grades 7-12, Adult
Pub. Date: 2001
Description: Chef Paulette Mitchell demonstrates preparing fruits and vegetables, including selection, as well as cooking methods. Recipes and teaching materials included.
Time/length: 16 minutes
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Adult, Cookbook, Food Preparation and Presentation, Middle School, Secondary, Training Resource, Video and Worksheets
Source: Learning ZoneXpress

1 Copy

Title: Body Talk 1
Media: Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials
Audience: Ages 12 and up, Educators
Pub. Date: 1999
Description: This award-winning video on body esteem looks at youth from diverse backgrounds to discuss the messages they receive from media, family and friends about their bodies. Real teens talk about the real issues. Perfection, plastic surgery, peer pressure, media pressure, excessive exercise, and irregular eating patterns are all touched on. Both female and male perspectives are offered. The video focuses on their healing as well at their struggles. Facillitator's guide is included.
Length: 28 minutes
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Culture and Nutrition, Other, Middle School, Secondary Scoool, Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials
Source: The Body Positive

1 Copy

Title: Body Talk 2
Media: Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials
Audience: Educator's, Ages 8-11
Pub. Date: 2002
Description: This video focuses on age-specific body esteem issues, including puberty, dieting, teasing, and trying to fit in. Children from diverse backgrounds, shapes and sizes talk about their changing bodies and building their self-esteem. Facilitator's guide included.
Length: 20 minutes
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Culture and Nutrition, Other, Middle School, Elementary School, Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials
Source: The Body Positive

1 Copy

Title: Body Talk 3
Media: Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials
Audience: 6-9 y/o Elementary School Children, Educators
Pub. Date: 2004
Description: This video teaches children that health can come at any size; to eat when they are hungry and stop when they are full; and to move because it feels good. Children of diverse backgrounds, shapes and sizes talk about being teased because of how they look; solutions for those situations; why eating healthy is beneficial and why exercise is fun. Facilitator's guide included.
Length: 20 minutes
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Other, Nutrition Education, Elementary School, Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials
Source: The Body Positive

1 Copy

Title:Breakfast Clubbies: Video and Activity Kit
Media: Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials, Activity Guide, and 5 Plush Toys
Audience: 3-7 y/o Children, Educator's, and Day Care Providers
Pub. Date: 1991
Description:Special guest Cathy Rigby promotes a fun, musical and educational tool to expose young children to healthy eating habits. This activity kit consists of four short videos, each approximately 6-11 minutes in length. This series of episodes focuses on the importance of eating breakfast,the importance of exercise, ways to make breakfast and different kinds of breakfast around the world. The videos consist of four children, five animate food characters, two adults and Cathy Rigby in a community center setting. The kit is appropriate for children ages 3-7. Children are exposed to postitive attitudes about health, basic skills (language, math, social) and other cultures. A Teacher's Guide including 40 fun activities accompanies the videos. Also, 5 plush toys of the "food groupies" are available to make the activities tangible.
Length: 4 - 6-11 minute videos, 57 page teacher's activity guide
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Early Childhood, Elementary School, Nutrition Education, Children's Activities and Projects, Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials
Source: Food Groupie, Inc.

1 Copy

Title: Breaking Size Prejudice
Media: Video Tape with Leader's Materials/Manual and Business Card CD
Audience: 11-17 yo, Middle School and High School, Educators
Pub. Date: 2000
Description: This video and educators guide (both in paper format as well as pdf on included business card CD) is designed to teach kids 11-17 to respect body size diversity and to enjoy the benefits of active living, pleasurable and healthful eating and a positive self-image. Interviews with people of different body shapes as well as various skits that apply to a middle school/high school audience are presented.
Length: 23 minutes
Number of Copies: 3
Classifications: Other, Middle School, Secondary, Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials
Source: University of Wyoming Extension: Family and Consumer Sciences

3 Copies

Media: DVD w/Leader's Manual/Materials
Audience: Children ages 7-12, Educators
Pub. Date: 2005
Description: This bright and catchy video is aimed directly at kids and introduces basic healthy habits. Three different areas are emphasized: MyPyramid and the different food groups, moderation of less healthy food choices, and ways to keep your body active. This is a great video to get kids excited about nutrition and health. Includes a teacher's guide that includes lessons perfect for the K-6 class.
Length: 9 minutes
Number of Copies: 2
Source: Injoy Videos

2 Copies

Description: This resource provides recommendations for developing an emergency readiness plan, assessing the situation when a disruption occurs, and providing a designated relief shelter. Comes with video "When Disaster Strikes", forms & CD. Media: VHS w/Leader's Manual/Materials
Audience: Food Service Managers, School Administrators
Pub. Date: 2003
Length: 12 minute video
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Food Service Management, Other Adult
Source: National Food Service Management Institute

1 Copy

Title: Food Defense: Developing a Biosecurity Management Plan
Media: Video Tape with DVD and CD containing Excel and pdf documents
Audience: School Food Service Employees
Pub. Date: 2004
Description: This comprehensive resource will help your school food service facility become ready to deal with the threat of bioterrorism. Keeping food from being tampered with will keep your employees and customers safe. Biosecurity is an issue that will be at the forefront of issues in the future. Developing a biosecurity management team, plan, and keeping these updated are all discussed in the video/dvd. The included cd contains checklists and forms (as digital files) that can aid in developing a biosecurity plan.
Length: 10 minutes
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Food Safety and Sanitation, Food Service Management, Adult, Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials, CD-ROM, DVD

1 Copy

Title: Food Service Assistant...You Are Important
Media: Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials
Audience: School Food Service Personnel and Management
Pub. Date: 2004
Description: Breakfast Lunch Training (BLT) module focuses on the important role of the food service assistant and the skills needed to achieve School Nutrition Program goals. Contains four lessons averaging 30 minutes each. Includes BLT course manual and movie clips containing introduction and closing segments and four parts related to each lesson topic. Each part provides content essential to achieving the two objectives of each lesson. Great for showing your employees their worth in relation to the lives of the students.
Length: 33 minute video, 158 page manual
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Food Service Management, Adult, Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials
Source: National Food Service Management Institute

1 Copy

Title: FUEL-Getting Youth Fired Up About What Their Culture Feeds Them:
Session 1 Skin Deep
Media: Manual, Video, DVD, Handouts
Target Audience: Grades 5-12
Pub. Date: 2004
Description: Skin Deep teaches media literacy skills to help your students decode media messages about food, eating, weight, and body image. Your students will learn to carve their own path by rejecting external influences on their self-esteem, accepting themselves as they are, and being true to themselves. Some of the issues talked about within this first series are: ways advertisers manipulate their audiences, how media sends conflicting messages, how the standards of beauty are constantly changing, and how it is important to have tolerance of one's self and others.
Time/length: 29 minutes
Number of Copies: 1
Source: Comprehensive Health Education Foundation

2 Copies

Title: FUEL-Getting Youth Fired Up About What Their Culture Feeds Them:
Session 2 Energy for Action
Media: Manual, Video, DVD, Handouts
Target Audience: Grades 5-12
Pub. Date: 2004
Description: Energy for Action teaches youth to take action to challenge the many obstacles to healthy eating. It showcases how your students can influence their schools, communities, and one another so that healthy food choices are the norm instead of the exception. Some of the issues talked about within this second series are: fighting the influence of major soft drink companies on our schools, teaching kids about the entire food cycle, seed to table,informing kids about unhealthy food choices at school, and striving to bring healthy food into low-income neighborhoods.
Time/length: 29 minutes
Number of Copies: 1
Source: Comprehensive Health Education Foundation

2 Copies

Title: FUEL-Getting Youth Fired Up About What Their Culture Feeds Them:
Session 3 The Perfect Machine
Media: Manual, Video, DVD, Handouts
Target Audience: Grades 5-12
Pub. Date: 2004
Description: The Perfect Machine shows your students that activity doesn't just have to be exercise. It empowers them to go out and find the types of activity they love. Your students will become invested in the idea that activity is important to a healthy lifestyle, both physically and emotionally. Some of the issues talked about within this third series are: how activity creates community; how it is about finding an activity you like; not just about going to the gym; how there are many ways to be healthy; it is not being perfect; and how everyone has a different body and every kind of body has it's own advantages.
Time/length: 26 minutes
Number of Copies: 1
Source: Comprehensive Health Education Foundation

2 Copies

Title: FUEL-Getting Youth Fired Up about What Their Culture Feeds Them:
Session 4 Taking on the World
Media: Manual, Video, DVD, Handouts
Target Audience: Grades 5-12
Pub. Date: 2004
Description: Taking on the World shows teens how the world affects them and how powerful they can be in effecting change. It shows them that their individual choices influence the world around them, and that they have the ability to initiate change through their individual and group choices. Your students will be inspired to take action on the issues they care about. Some of the issues talked about within this fourth series are: how to teach their friends what they are really getting when they eat fast food; how to explain how the media distorts images of women; and how to become active in your local and state government to help implement change.
Time/length: 24 minutes
Number of Copies: 1
Source: Comprehensive Health Education Foundation

2 Copies

18 minute customer service training video. Key learning points: service, attitude, consistency and teamwork.
Number copies: 1 VHS

4 Copies

Title: Measuring Success with Standardized Recipes
Media: Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials and a Interactive CD-ROM
Audience: Food Service Personnel
Pub. Date: 2002
Description: This manual comes with a video and interactive CD-ROM, It covers the importance of using standardized recipes and helps managers develop and use them with their school foodservice staff. It covers such areas as recipe standardization techniques, a "how to" guide and strategies for using the materials, and an employee training guide.
Length: 15 minute video, 63 page manual
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Food Preparation and Production, Adult, Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials, CD-ROM
Source: National Food Service Management Institute

1 Copy

Title: Reading and Understanding the New Food Label
Media: Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials
Audience: Adults, Secondary School Students
Pub. Date: 2005
Description: Use of a new food label, listing amount of trans fat is discussed.This tape will help consumers understand just what is meant by partially- hydrogenated or trans fat. It will help them use the label to make the healthiest choices when they shop for food. All terms defined. Portion sizes shown. The food label is disected from the top down and information about everything from fat to fiber is given. Health and nutrient claims are discussed as well. This is a very well rounded video that will serve as an early primer to the use of the new food labels. Includes discussion guide and quizzes for copying.
Length: 19 minutes
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Nutrition Education, Adult, Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials, Secondary School
Source: National Health Video, Inc.

1 Copy

Title: Snacking Mouse
Media: Video Tape with Discussion Guide
Audience: 3-7 yo Children
Pub. Date: 1960?
Description: A classic video details the life of a snack-happy mouse from a suburb in Canton. Narrated by the voice of Winnie the Poo. Snacking Mouse only goes for the sweet snacks presented to him by two nice children in the house he lives. Despite warnings, Snacking Mouse suffers the wrath of a not-so-friendly housekeeper for stealing all her snacks. Reinforce the importance of regular meals and moderation in sweets with this comical, animated video. Includes a discussion guide for educators.
Length: 5 minutes
Number of Copies: 6
Classifications: Early Childhood, Elementary School, Nutrition Education, Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials
Source: The Polished Apple

6 Copies

Title: Snacking Mouse Goes to School
Media: Video Tape with Classroom Discussion Guide
Audience: 3-7 yo Children
Pub. Date: 1960?
Description: This classic video details Snacking Mouse's first day at school and is a sequel to the beloved video, the Snacking Mouse. As snacking mouse heads to recess he gets snagged by the snack machine and eats too many sweet treats. Later he sleeps through lunch and has another snack in the afternoon. The next day he skips breakfast and is sleepy at school-because of his snacking. His school performance suffers with a comical outcome. Reinforce the importance of regular meals to your students with this fun video!
Length: 5 minutes
Number of Copies: 5
Classifications: Elementary School, Early Childhood, Nutrition Education, Video Tape and Leader's Materials/Manual
Source: The Polished Apple

5 Copies

Title: Wash Those Hands!
Media: Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials
Audience: Elementary School, High School, and Middle School Students
Pub. Date: 1996
Description: Includes VHS tape and a teacher's guide with a script of the video and discussion questions. This upbeat video explains how hand washing can help prevent the speread of baterial and viral illness. It is narrated by a teenage girl who presents concise, stratightforward information about the benefits of hand washing for everyone, the nature of germs and how they make people sick, and when and how to wash away the germs that can cause sickness.
Length: 10 minutes
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Food Safety and Sanitation, Elementary School, Secondary School, Middle School, Video Tape and Leader's Manual/Materials
Source: Marsh Film Enterprises, Inc.

1 Copy

Media: Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials
Audience: Adults, High School Students, Introductory Nutrition Students
Pub. Date: 2005
Description: This wonderful video addresses the many phytonutrients that the wide array of fruits and vegetables available to consumers offer. Luteins, anthocyanins, and carotenoids may make your head spin, but this video also touches many other benefits of fruits and vegetables. They're low calorie, rich in fiber, and add color to every meal. The age old question of, "Which is better: canned, frozen, or fresh?" is also discussed. Many preparation ideas are given, from roasting to stir frying. Finally, vitamin supplements and their relation to nutritious food habits are touched on. Includes discussion guide and quizzes for copying.
Length: 20 minutes
# of Copies: 1
Source: National Health Video

1 Copy

Media: Video Tape w/Leader's Manual/Materials
Audience: Preschool and Elementary School Children Grades K-2
Pub. Date: 1983
Description: This classic video features two young boys, Don and Bruce, who receive a education about where food comes from a bag full of groceries. Sure to entertain, this video is a great introduction to the modern food system and the complex processes of food processing. Milk, carrots, pasta, bread, apples, ground beef, and ice cream are all discussed. Contains an discussion and activity guide for teachers.
Length: 17 minutes
Number of Copies: 2
Source: Alfred Higgins Productions

4 Copies

Media: Video Tape w/Leader's Manual/Materials
Audience: Grades 3-5, Educators
Pub. Date: 1983
Description: This classic video details the physiologic process by which a cow's body turns grass into milk. Milk production and its place in the food system of the US are explored. A great video to introduce children to digestion and where milk comes from! Includes a discussion guide with vocabulary words and activities for the whole class. The video tape is a little old and fragile, so be careful and patient when viewing.
Length: 11 minutes, 7 page discussion guide
# of Copies: 1
Source: National Dairy Council

1 Copy

Media: Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials
Audience: School Food Service Personnel
and Managers
Pub. Date: 1999
Description: Includes a 16 minute video, a comprehensive lesson planner manual for leading a training session, and four mini posters covering safety issues from each chapter: falls and lifting, fires and burns, cuts, and chemicals. The general concept of SAFE is the main focus of each safety issue. SAFE stands for Select areas where accidents may occur, Assess possible dangers for accidents in the specific areas, Find changes to prevent the accident and Expect safety from every employee. To prevent injuries proper lifiting techniques are explained and demonstrated. Common causes of falls are discussed so precautions can be made. Three different types of fires are distinguised along with the proper use of a fire extinguisher. Correct cutting techniques and cleaning of cutting material is shown. Lastly chemical safety is brefly discussed with focus on Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS). This accident prevention program is recommended for all food service managers and their employees.
Length: 16 minute video, 67 page manual
Number of Copies: 1
Source: National Food Service Management Institute

1 Copy