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A great way to get excited about cooking is to visit your local farmers' market, where you'll find in-season produce and the freshest meats, breads and cheeses. You can even talk to the farmers about all the different varieties of the items they are selling and ask how they are grown or made. And it's always fun to pick out a few different kinds of fruits and veggies for a "taste test" when you get back home!

Several organizations have made it easy to find a farmers' market in your neighborhood. Learn more about using these tools!

We're hearing more and more often that we should be incorporating whole grains into our diets, but what's an easy way to do it? And what are whole grains, anyway? The Whole Grains Council helps you find whole grain foods and understand why they're important in a healthy diet .

Check out their resources for adding whole grains to your meals at home and at school!

If you look up Chef Seth Bixby Daugherty, you'll find him on the cover of a 2005 Food & Wine magazine naming him one of America's 10 best new chefs. But when he saw first-hand the food that his children were eating at school, "Chef Seth" turned his focus to revamping school cafeteria menus by founding a nonprofit organization called Real Foods Initiatives.

Learn more about Chef Seth's Real Foods Initiatives and his mission to get kids to eat real food.

Better School Food is a group of dedicated parents, educators and health professionals committed to working with local communities to improve meals and increase awareness of the connection between good food, good health and a student's ability to learn effectively.

Find out how you can start improving the food served in your school cafeteria and form and action plan for better food and healthier kids.

Growing up, Shawn DeMartino, of Yarmouthport, MA, struggled with being overweight. He reached his turning point at age 11, when he collapsed running the mile at his school's field day. Since then, he's taught himself to cook healthy meals and gotten active, participating in horseback riding and on his school's sports teams. He's now a fit, healthy teen who hopes to one day host his own cooking show.

Learn how Shawn turned his life around by learning how to cook and getting fit.