Apps (are they worthwhile?)

++  It seems like there is an app for your cell phone or tablet to cover any conceivable topic.  How do you know which ones have information you can trust?  When it comes to food and nutrition, the link below can give you app reviews you can rely on.  Meanwhile, here's more about it: 

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is the organization that registers dietitians for the USA.  They oversee education requirements - both training and continuing education; and they review research that may be relevant to food, diet, and health.  They also provide services for dietitians and for the general public.  For example, you can go to their website (EatRight.org) to find a dietitian near you.  They sponsor Kids Eat Right (see the page attached to this blog).  Another of their services is app reviews, which are published in the newsletter, Food and Nutrition.  A sample of one is below; and above it, the link to all their current app reviews.

http://www.foodandnutrition.org/Nutrition-Apps/

what you see when you open the review: (plus a list of pros and cons for this app):

 

Farmstand (Version 1.7.1)

Platform and Price Apple iOS (mobile web version on Android), free
RD Score
3 out of 5
Synopsis of the App
Farmstand empowers you to eat local making it easy to find farmers’ markets, community gardens, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) information, restaurants and events that serve local food.