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Federal Policy & Programs | Sustainable Agriculture | Food Systems | Animal Production/Aquaculture
Climate Change| Conservation | Emerging Tech | Energy | Faith and Food | Food Safety | Food Security & Justice|
The Global Food Crisis | Health and Environment| Nutrition | Soil Nutrients and Nitrogen | Sudsidies |
Other Sustainable Food and Ag Resource Lists
FEDERAL POLICY & PROGRAMS
Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food
This is a USDA-wide effort to create new economic opportunities by better connecting consumers with local producers. It is also the start of a national conversation about the importance of understanding where your food comes from and how it gets to your plate.
Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports
The Congressional Research Service (CRS), part of the Library of Congress, prepares reports for the U.S. Congress. This site lists reports on issues areas including agriculture, forests, natural resources, pesticides, and others. Topics are listed in the left hand column of the website.
Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee
This site lists all Committee members, subcommittees, and tracks all related legislation
US Congressional House Committee on Agriculture
This site lists all Committee members, subcommittees, and tracks all related legislation
USDA Agriculture Research Service
Updated information about USDA research performed in about 100 locations. Includes current research, policy implications and science for kids.
USDA Risk Management Agency
The government program designed to promote, support, and regulate sound risk management solutions to preserve and strengthen the economic stability of America’s Agricultural producers. They are broken into three components: Insurance Services, Product Management, and Risk Compliance.
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
Formally the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service. NIFA’s mission is to advance knowledge for agriculture, the environment, human health and well-being, and communities y supporting research, education, and extension programs in the Land-Grant University System and other partner organizations.
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
NRCS provides technical assistance to land owners and managers to help conserve soil, water, and other natural resources.
NRCS THIS WEEK – a email list-serv maintained by NRCS.
Amber Waves
USDA-ERS 'Amber Waves' publication" provides valuable information and analyses on public policy issues related to agriculture and comes via email.
ERS
Weekly email updates from the research arm of USDA on the environment, agriculture, food, and nutrition
Food Environment Atlas
The Atlas assembles statistics on three broad categories of food environment factors: (1)Food Choices—indicators of the community's access to and acquisition of healthy, affordable food (2)Health and Well-Being—indicators of the community’s success in maintaining healthy diets (3)Community Characteristics—indicators of community characteristics that might influence the food environment, such as: demographic composition; income and poverty; population loss; metro-nonmetro status; natural amenities; and recreation and fitness centers. The Atlas currently includes 90 indicators of the food environment.
ERS 'briefing rooms'
Approximately 75 individual briefing rooms - each devoted to a particular area of research or topic that ERS covers. Inside each briefing room are multiple links to individual reports or analyses or other information available on the topic. There are often links to ERS staff who will respond to questions or requests for further information. The briefing rooms are updated regularly and new briefing rooms are established if a topic becomes hot.
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)
USDA run researching and education grants programs operated through the National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Obama Foodorama Blog
Tracking the paradigm shift in Obama food and ag policy and connecting the dots between East Wing, West Wint, and Capitol Hill.
U.S. Food Policy Blog
A blog by Parke Wilde, Director of Food Policy and Applied Nutrition at Tufts University.
FarmPolicy.com
A summary of Farm Policy News
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SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
Biointensive Agriculture: A Greener Revoluion
Perspectives from Ecology Action. A well written overview of biointensive agriculture.
Center for Rural Affairs Newsletter
The Center for Rural Affairs' newsletter surveys national events affecting Rural America. Special sections include an in-depth feature article, a section of Corporate Farming Notes, and many short, newsy pieces of general interest.
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
• Think Forward Blog:
http://iatp.typepad.com/
• Radio Sustain:
http://www.iatp.org/iatp/iatpnews/sustain.cfm
• News Letters:
http://open.iatp.org/phplist/archive.php
International Food Policy Research Institute
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) seeks sustainable solutions for ending hunger and poverty. Research areas include ag extension, ag & health, avian influenza, bioenergy, climate change, food prices, gender, governance, impact assessment, and public-private partnerships.
The Minnesota Project Publications
The Minnesota Project engages in research and education to accomplish its mission of achieving strong local economies, vibrant communities and a healthy environment. They produce two newsletters, as well as numerous reports and fact sheets.
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
An alliance of family farm, food, conservation, rural and urban organizations that together advocate for federal agriculture and food policy reform.
• “Something to Crow About” Blog
http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/
• Weekly Email Updates
http://sustainableagriculture.net/take-action/sign-up-for-action-alerts/
National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
Looking for the latest in sustainable agriculture and organic farming news, events and funding opportunities? We feature all that, plus in-depth publications on production practices, alternative crop and livestock enterprises, innovative marketing, organic certification, and highlights of local, regional, USDA and other federal sustainable ag activities.
Planning Aug/Sept 2009 Special Issue - The Food Factor
The American Planning Association journal Planning dedicated an entire issue to sustainable agriculture and food systems issues. They also made this issue only available for free online.
Policy Pennings Weekly Agricultural Policy Column
Wide ranging weekly column by Daryll Ray, agricultural economist of the University of Tennessee's Agricultural Policy Analysis Center
Sustainable Food Jobs
This website will provide you with the most up-to-date job opportunities available in the domestic sustainable food and agriculture sector. The listings will specialize in non-profit/grassroots organizations and farms within the United States.
Civil Eats Blog
Promoting critical thought about sustainable agriculture and food systems as part of building economically and socially just communities.
GRIST Food News
The dish on organic, sustainable, local grub, plus tasty, healthy recipes.
La Vida Locavore
Author of Recipe for America: Why Our Food System is Broken and What We Can Do to Fix It. Jill Richardson's blog focuses on sustainable food policy and news. Her irreverent humor is insightful and entertaining.
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FOOD SYSTEMS
Agricultural Urbanism
Website and book examines the cornerstone of implementing AU - to create an urban environment that activates and enhances all aspects of a sustainable food system through the integration - not spearation - of people, their living environments, and food.
Re-regionalizing the Food System? Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy, and Society
This edition of the Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society is devoted to examining food system (re)-regionalization — a topic that has exploded in academic and public policy circles over the last 5 years. The growing interest in regionalizing food systems is linked to broader concerns that the conventional agro-industrial food system has not effectively provided a nutritious, sustainable and equitable supply of food to the world's population. The majority of the papers in this issue begin with the assumption that the conventional agro-industrial food system is malfunctioning. The interpretation of how broken and what to do about it, however, is where these papers diverge and offer varied perspectives on food system re-regionalization.
New Orleans Food System Guide
Written in collaboration between The American Planning Association’s Planning & Community Health Research Center and the Food Policy Advisory Committee of New Orleans in preparation for the American Planning Association’s National Planning Conference to be held in New Orleans, April 10-13, 2010. The guide provides a partial listing of some of the city's food related organizations, community gardens, farmers' markets, food stores, restaurants and breweries.
National Good Food Network
Bringing together people from all parts of the rapidly emergy good food sysetm - producers, buyers, distributors, advocates, investors and funders - to create a community dedicated to scalling up good food sourcing and access.
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ANIMAL PRODUCTION/AQUACULTURE
GRACE (Global Resource Action enter for the Environment)
Working with research, policy, consumer and grassroots organizations, GRACE promotes and helps develop community based production and consumption of food, water and energy.
FacotryFarm.org
Our Goal: To eliminate factory farming in favor of a sustainable food production system which is healthful and humane, economically viable and ecologically sound.
Sustainable Table
Sustainable Table celebrates local sustainable food, educates consumers on food-related issues and works to build community through food.
Center for a Livable Future
Their Mission: To promote research and to develop and communicate information about the complex interrelationships among diet, food production, environment and human health; to advance an ecological perspective in reducing threats to the health of the public; and to promote policies that protect health, the global environment and the ability to sustain life for future generations.
NOAA Aquaculture Program
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration aquaculture initiative.
AquaNIC – Aquaculture Network Information Center
Provides access to all electronic aquaculture information at the national and international level.
SeaWeb Aquaculture Resources
A leading voice for sustainable aquaculture by indentifying and analyzing key issues and solutions in aquaculture and promoting related science and industry breakthroughs that advance ocean conservation.
WWF Aquaculture Dialogue
Information and conversations about world wide aquaculture.
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CONSERVATION
Center for Conservation Incentives
Environmental Defense Fund’s work related to farm, ranch and forestland management. You can sign up for their email Conservation Incentives newsletter.
Mongabay.com News Feeds
Mongabay.com offers more than 450 separate news feeds. They seek to raise interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife, while examing the impact of emergin trends in climate, technology, economics, and finance on conservation and development.
National Association of Conservation Districts Newsroom
These updates are specific to conservation district work around the country.
The Conservation Blog of The Nature Conservancy
This blog covers a wide variety of conservation related issues, including many updates related to climate change.
Yale Environment 360
Consistently interesting and timely news, opinion and analysis related to a wide variety of environmental issues including biodiversity, business, climate, energy, forests, agriculture, oceans, land use planning, politics, water and more.
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EMERGING TECH
CNS- UCSB
Center for Nanotechnology in Society at University of California, Santa Barbara.
ETC Group
ETC Group's strength is in the research and analysis of technological information (particularly but not exclusively plant genetic resources, biotechnologies, and biological diversity), and in the development of strategic options related to the socioeconomic ramifications of new technologies.
International Center for Technology Assessment
a non-profit, bi-partisan organization committed to providing the public with full assessments and analyses of technological impacts on society
GeneWatch UK
a not-for-profit group that monitors developments in genetic technologies from a public interest, human rights, environmental protection and animal welfare perspective
Recent report: Bioscience for Life [PDF]
PEN: Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies
dedicated to helping ensure that as nanotechnologies advance,
possible risks are minimized, public and consumer engagement remains strong, and potential new benefits are realized
ENERGY
The Northwest Community Solar Guide
This guide was developed jointly by the Bonneville Environmental Foundation and
Northwest Sustainable Energy for Economic Development. This guide is designed to be a resource for those hoping to construct Community Solar projects: community organizers, solar energy advocates, government officials, or utility managers. By explaining the universe of available incentives and by detailing the past efforts of other solar advocates, this guide hopes to light the path for future organizers as they seek to comprehend the incentive landscape, to devise financial models, and to garner financial and logistical support for their projects.
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CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate Change News Digest: Food News
This site is dedicated to everything climate change related on an international level. They have a food news specific section. A UK man maintains the site, so it is definitely not US-centric.
Climate Change and Northeast Agriculture
This site provides a unique and comprehensive set of resource materials developed for educators that work with farmers and are intended to help farmers prepare for climate change in the northeast.
Cool Foods: Countdown to Copenhagen & Beyond
A collaboration between the Center for Food Safety and Navdanya International, this site provides extensive overview resources on climate change and agriculture as well as regular updates related to climate negotiations.
FAO FoodClimate Newsletter
Subscribe to the FAO FoodClimate newsletter on the right hand side of the page page.
Science Daily Earth & Climate
This site focuses on research news and has an expansive list of categories related to Earth & Climate news (which often include agricultural related issues).
Rodale Institute News Feed
A research institute for organic and regenerative agriculture. They provide news feeds related to global warming and other subjects.
Yale Environment 360
Consistently interesting and timely news, opinion and analysis related to a wide variety of environmental issues including biodiversity, business, climate, energy, forests, agriculture, oceans, land use planning, politics, water and more.
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FAITH AND FOOD
Baltimore Food and Faith Project
They work to raise awareness about, and find solutions to, problems with our current food system. Partnering with area faith communities, farmers, parochial schools, and other organizations, we work to address issues of environmental stewardship, social and economic justice, health and nutrition, hunger and community food security, animal welfare, and community well-being.
Eat Well Food Tour
The Eat Well Food Tour is a partnership between the Christian Reformed Office of Social Justice and *culture is not optional, a non-profit educational organization encouraging all-of-life faith practice.
Prebyteriana Church Food and Faith Initiative
United Methodist Women Food & Faith
The Food & Faith website is a supplement to the Spiritual Growth mission study, Food & Faith by Wendy Whiteside. Please use this as an additional resource to the mission study exploring the spiritual dimension of eating food.
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FOOD SAFETY
Food Safety.gov
A gateway to federal food safety information, including email updates in English and Spanish, news feeds, handling instructions, current recalls, and much more.
Food Safety Updates
Links to databases, journals, newsletters, product recalls, government news, daily new updates, and discussion groups.
The Food Safety Network
Through careful and detailed analysis of all available private and public research materials, the FSN provides balanced, accurate and objective food safety information without affiliation to any private or government organization. The FSN can also perform in-depth analysis and evaluation of research with emphasis on specific aspects of food safety.
Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue
Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue provides regular international information on obesity, food, antibiotic use in animals and other food-related issues. TACD includes groups like Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union, USPIRG, Public Citizen, and several European consumer groups.
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FOOD SECURITY & JUSTICE
Community Food Security Coalition
Community Food Security Coalition - newsletters and other publications
Center for Food & Justice
Aimed at improving access to fresh and healthy food in all communities, particularly those where access is most limited.
Food First Backgrounder 2010: Food Workers - Food Justice: Linking food, labor, and immigrant rights
Some 17% of all jobs in the U.S. are in the food sector . These jobs are the lowest paid and most under-protected jobs in the nation. They are also the occupations with significant concentrations of undocumented immigrant workers. Food workers, especially immigrants, are subsidizing the food industry by paying the social and economic cost of labor injustice. The movement for food justice cannot thrive in a system where food workers are criminalized, exploited, and even going hungry themselves.
Food for Thought and Action: A Food Sovereignty Curriculum
The curriculum is divided into four modules: one each for consumers, faith and anti-hunger groups, environmentalists and farmers. This collection of education-for-action exercises and factsheets has been developed by Grassroots International and the National Family Farm Coalition to help build the food sovereignty movement in the United States.
Food Research and Action Center News Digest
The weekly Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) News Digest highlights what's new on hunger, nutrition and poverty issues at FRAC, at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, around the network of national, state and local anti-poverty and anti-hunger organizations, and in the media.
Food Security Learning Center
Brings you into the food security movement, a movement that shows how our food system is connected, how our food grows, how it's processed, who grows it, what we eat, where it comes from, who goes hungry and why.
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THE GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS
Poverty News Blog
News and links about the struggle of the poor around the world.
UN News Centre: Food Crisis
Updated news and links on the global food crisis.
Relief Web
Providing constant updates and many other resources related to the Global Food Crisis.
Community Food Enterprise: Local Success in a Gloabl Marketplace
A website and report of innovative examples of "community food enterprise" to help buld the case for local ownership of food business.
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HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
Coming Up Short: High food costs outstrip food stamp benefits [PDF]
The Real Cost of a Healthy Diet Project investigated the availability and affordability of healthy food in two cities. This project, based at the Boston Medical Center and Drexel University's School of Public Health, examined whether low-income residents in Boston and Philadelphia could buy food for a healthy diet using the maximum food stamp benefit in their neighborhood food stores. The study found that even families receiving the maximum food stamp benefit would have to spend an additional $2,520 in Boston and $3,165 in Philadelphia annually to purchase the Thrifty Food Plan.
Food Systems and Public Health: Linkages to achieve healthier diets and healthier communities
This is a special double issue of the Joural of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition. This special double issue identifies research opportunities to develop successful interventions within agriculture, food, and health systems as well as policies and actions for moving towards and achieving community environments that all healthier diets and reduced obesity.
Environmental Health News
A website that draws together news clips on health and the environment published daily by Environmental Health Sciences. Above the Fold.is the daily email news update offered through this website.
Healthy Food Action: Making Health the Future of Food and Farming
A website dedicated to helping health professionals speak out and take action to improve the food system.
Keep Antibiotics Working
A coalition of health, consumer, agricultural, environmental, humane and other advocacy groups with more than eleven million members dedicated to eliminating a major cause of antibiotic resistance: the inappropriate use of antibiotics in food animals.
National Environmental Health Association
The e-Learning program offers many educational online programs for free.
Yale Environment 360
Consistently interesting and timely news, opinion and analysis related to a wide variety of environmental issues including biodiversity, business, climate, energy, forests, agriculture, oceans, land use planning, politics, water and more.
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NUTRITION
USDA Food and Nutrition Information Center
The USDA offers a variety of listservs related to food and nutrition. They are all listed on this page. There are also a number of blogs listed on this site.
The National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity (NANA)
The National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity (NANA) was founded by the Center for Science in the Public Interest to promote improved polices at FDA and USDA. That coalition is made up of a variety of over 270 national and local groups. NANA has a closed listserv but one can subscribe for a nominal annual fee to the Nutrition Action e-letter.
Nutrition Information and Resource Center
This website has online fact sheets and other publications. It also has links to many other nutrition websites, making us a great place to begin searching for information on any nutrition-related topic.
Nutrition Talk: Friedman Internet Radio
The Friedman Nutrition Internet Radio Program is a one-hour broadcast that presents food news and science to use. The goal of the program is to passionately advance the well being of people worldwide by communicating key nutrition topics through the use of internet-radio technology. The program is developed and run by Friedman students.
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SOIL NUTRIENTS AND NITROGEN
Science Daily Soil Research News
Updates on the latest soil science research. Primarily focused on U.S. research, but includes news from around the globe.
Soil Science Policy Report
Newsletter produced every two weeks with current news related funding opportunities, federal policy news, meeting opportunities, and current research.
Organic eprints
Organic eprints Is an international open access archive for papers related to research in organic agriculture. You can search by keywords or browse by subjects. Includes many subjects related to soil and nutrient management.
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SUBSIDIES
Farm Subsidies Database
A project of Environmental Working Group
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OTHER SUSTAINABLE FOOD AND AG RESOURCE LISTS
Roots of Change
Appalachian State University
Washington State University
Sustainable Production Systems
West Virginia University Extension Service
Purdue Sustainable Agriculture
Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
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