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A flying robot and a hummingbird. Caption: to decode the hummingbird hover for robotics.

Woman with dark hair, bangs, and freckles speaks directly to camera with an energetic expression on her face. Caption. Can contribute to a healthy heart.

2 women stand in a restaurant kitchen, 1 watches as the other peels a green apple. Caption. To make her eat an oxidized apple.

Three men walking through a cultivated field of green plants. Caption: Six generations of Romingers have been farming this land

Two people working on an irrigation channel. Caption: to better protect the land that he loves to farm on.

Gold framed image of a dinner plate divided into 4 neat sections, showing a piece fruit, garden salad, chicken drumstick, and a bread roll. Next to this a pint glass of milk and a fork.

Closeup of a person holding a carton of a dozen white eggs. Behind this, a bowl of eggs, and 2 cookbooks. Caption. In the refrigerator in their original carton.

Closeup on a beehive with worker bees entering and exiting through the opening at the bottom.

Closeup on a plate of roasted chicken, rice with vegetables, and a tossed green salad.

Front of a person wearing a stained white apron and blue disposable latex gloves holds a large mixing spoon with light purple ice cream on it. In front of the person, is an upside down container with berry images. Text on container reads, "Ice Cream."

A conveyor belt moves rows of light colored, flat, and round objects at a high speed. Caption: but a lot of support goes into making a good product,

Closeup of hands wearing clear disposable gloves placing squares of food in a black container on a stainless steel food preparation table.

Computer rendering of an oblong shape with germ and endosperm labeled. Next to this, an X-ray image of an object passing through a machine. Caption. Milling grains gives them a finer texture.

Mostly red cranberries coming out of a chute into a large bin. Caption: They're red, ready to come off the vine,

Woman with blonde straight hair and bangs looks just off camera in a cafe setting. Caption. Everyone said she had the best cookie.

Little boy looks slightly up and away, speaking into a microphone held up to his face.

Corner of Wall Street in dim light with 2 N, Y, P, D squad cars parked at the corner while several people in suits walk by in the background. Several American flags are displayed on a building on the right. Caption. But things are different now.

Teenage girl and boy seated at a cafe table with a burger and fries in front of them. Caption. Nutrition experts recommend that they are 1% or less.

A school of small thin fish swimming in the water. Caption: Farmers raise fin fish using a variety of methods,

Teenage girl looks towards camera with a pleasant expression. Trees and a high rise building behind her. Caption. He's our resident expert in nutrition and health.

Closeup of platter of delicatessen meats. Caption. Listeria is most often found in refrigerated food products.

Blocks of cheese, loaf of bread, and pickles in a jar. Caption: That's interesting because that's on the nutrition labels.

Waffles topped with sliced bananas and blackberries. Caption: Or mix fruit in with your waffles or pancakes.

Fish packed in being dumped out of a bucket onto a metal production line. Caption: I think we have a good product because of our regulations.

Woman purses her lips and gestures with both hands. The backdrop depicts a color illustration of a purple gorilla holding 3 bananas and opening 1 with his foot. 2 men in yellow uniforms hold bananas and stand next to the gorilla.

Closeup of stacked zucchini with some knicks and bruises. Caption. Frozen is a better choice.

Illustration of a person with a large belly next to a bad of mega chips labeled party size and a stack of calories. Caption: can cause a person to be overweight,

Person speaking. Caption: Calcium is another mineral that is especially important

Illustration of a military person pointing to a chart with pictures of bananas, apples, and leafy greens. Caption: Choose foods that provide more potassium, dietary fiber, calcium, and vitamin D--

Measuring cup. Eat the amount your body really needs. Measure out your portions. Caption: by measuring out your portions with measuring cups

Image contains a photo of a young man smiling wide next to text that reads, "How can I be sure this food is safe? Is it as nutritious as I think it is?"

Illustration of a cell and a molecule of NaCl. Made up mostly of water. Caption: The fluid around the cell contains sodium chloride

Diagram of foods containing Sucrose providing a combination of fructose and glucose or containing Lactose providing galactose and glucose after being processed by the liver. Caption: are also broken down and converted into glucose

Illustration of a grazing cow. Greetings from the farm… Caption: (man) Like many foods,

Overhead view of a a large assembly line with tan boxes being moved along conveyor belts. Several people with white hard hats and uniforms are working in various stations. Caption. For the milk they were producing on their farms.

Cow with a metal hat connected to wires that lead to a large machine. Caption: Thanks to my work, she can produce chocolate milk.

Group of teenagers seated on a couch with shocked and embarrassed expressions. Caption. Well, I could tell you that 1/3 of children and teens.

Young woman speaks directly to camera with a pleasant expression. Caption. And maybe we don't feel as good about ourselves.

Closeup of rows of seedlings planted in a field. Caption: (Lappé) What was the seed that created your food?

Teenage girl and boy speak to camera against a white background. A title card below reads, Food Allergies. Caption. Allergies only affect 4% to 8% of children.

Young man faces camera against a green and blue background. Text next to him reads, "Fats. Help to build healthy cell membranes." Caption. Which protect us from disease.

Man wearing chef's jacket with cutting board and knife on counter in front of him. Caption. At that time, bacteria can grow really fast.

Closeup of smiling toddler with a pink shirt and light brown hair in pigtails holding a baby in a light pink onesie. The baby has a red rash on her cheeks. Caption. And on her body.

Side by side comparison of old and new nutrition labels. Caption: And these differences are all to the consumer's advantage.

A sliced bread and few bread crumps. Caption: We've been making it for more than 4,500 years.

Milk is added to a breakfast cereal. Caption: You're staring at the birth of the health food movement,

A corn mixture travels in a conveyor belt. Caption: Starch and gluten are separated from the germ.

A bull's eye egg in a pan. Caption: that eggs contain lecithin and other ingredients.

Hamburger with patty, tomato, lettuce, and onion. Caption: How it gets there owes a great deal to science.

A scoop of chocolate flavored icecream in a glass bowl. Caption: Dr, Schwarcz, Everybody has a favorite ice cream,

Tomato ketchup is prepared in a large container. Caption: The kind you get cooking tomatoes into paste.

A glass of soft drinks with effervescence popping on its surface. Caption: So what's the real deal. What's the skinny on the fizzy.

Two dip tea bags are inside a transparent glass with water. Caption: This is the second most popular drink in the world.

Grape fruit. Two grape pulps with their skin peeled are zoomed in. Caption: because they are fermented with the grape skins.

Closeup of sponge-like light brown substance. Caption: in the science of sourdough culture.

Woman with gray hair wearing a green shirt talking. White text on bottom of screen reads, "Barbara Ketcham Wheaton. Culinary historian, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute of Harvard University." Caption. Due to political disruption in Asia.

Man with white hair and a beard wearing a red shirt and navy jacket talks while standing on the deck of a wooden ship. Several brown ropes and open ocean are in the background. Caption. By the early fifteen hundreds, there were shops that sold coffee.

Closeup of a teenage girl looking away from camera. Her eyes are open with her eyebrows gently arched. She smiles while speaking. Caption. I've been bulimic since I was 9.

Closeup of a teenage girl looking away from camera. Her eyes are open with her eyebrows gently arched. She smiles while speaking.

Vials and other containers in a science lab. Caption: We've taken the cells out of the muscle tissue.

Man wearing a tan bucket hat with floppy brim looks down at yellow chili peppers on display at a farmers market. Caption. At the Downtown Berkeley Farmers' Market.

Black and white photo of several people wearing white uniforms using tools to work in a field with waist-high plants. Caption. So as they came and as the people were brought.

Cartoon of children in a classroom. One of them holds up a jar with a pickle in it. Caption: Kids of the jury, this is a pickle.

Woman leans over with arm around a young girl holding a Garfield stuffed toy. Woman points to something they are looking at as they both smile. Caption. Sound of speaking Spanish.

Closeup of a young boy wearing a white shirt and red vest doing a sidelong glance over his shoulder. Caption. But wants her sons to be able to manage on their own too.

Closeup of a young girl standing in front of a chain link fence in an outdoor garden setting. She looks down and away from camera with a slight smile. Caption. My family always eats halloumi cheese for breakfast.

Indian woman fills a pot with water over a kitchen sink. Caption. I have 1 passion, I love to cook.

Young Italian boy wearing a white chef's apron smiles and looks up to his right in a home kitchen setting.

Young African girl wearing a bright blue tunic with white lace trim smiles, reaching her hand up and out in front of her in a market setting. Caption. The vendor gives me a pastry too.

Young African boy lifts a glass filled with bright red liquid to his lips looking out at something in front of him. Caption. First, we drink bissap.

Closeup of a senior man wearing glasses and a checkered driver's cap speaks to camera. Caption. Grandma's a great cook.

Young Thai woman reaches out over a pile of vegetables in a market setting. She smiles and holds a plastic produce bag in her hands. Caption. Eggplant, cucumbers, squash, coriander.

Young woman seated in front of a fireplace looks slightly off camera, raising 1 hand up to the side. Caption. You're respecting yourself, your date, other people.

Tilted view of an oven full of red-hot coals surround by tan bricks. Caption. I'm talking about America's first pizzeria.

Image of a sign with pink lettering that reads, "Cotton Candy," being projected across a grid of screens in a dark room with blue laser lights. Caption. So, how did this feathery goodness spin to life?

Image of a basket of peaches being projected across a grid of screens in a dark room with blue laser lights. Caption. Yep, that's how the game of basketball originally started.

Old-style radio microphone digitally blending with a bright yellow and red background full of icons of musical notes. Caption. It is not as popular as this one.

Wooden crossbeam resting on 2 wooden posts with strips of beef draped across it in partially grassy field while people stand in the background. Caption. But why is dried beef called jerky?

Image of a loaf of sliced bread on a white background made to look like its on a blue digital screen inside a computer with blue laser lights. Caption. Had an idea to build a machine that could slice bread.

Closeup of a yellow bowl full of white popcorn kernels against a black background. Caption. And in just minutes you are enjoying.

Black woman with headscarf, speaking off camera in a recorded interview. Caption. the whole place covered with steam.