Food Economics

• Agriculture and Applied Economics
  www.aeco.ttu.edu
  Departments of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Texas Tech University.

• Cornell Food and Nutrition
  www.cce.cornell.edu
  This web site is the Cornell Cooperative Extension Service Home Page.

• COS Funding Opportunities Record
  http://fundingopps2.cos.com/
  COS Funding Opportunities is designed to link researchers and research funding from around the world. The database includes information on funding opportunities announced by federal agencies, state and provincial organizations, commercial entities, nonprofit foundations, professional associations.

• Economics, Departments, Institutes and Research Centers in the World (EDIRC), University of Connecticut - Department of Economics
  http://edirc.repec.org/
  Search EDRIC by country, continents, country codes, areas, fields and functions, search, economics associations and societies or go to US listings.

• Food & Resource Economics (FRE), University of Florida - Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS)
  http://www.fred.ifas.ufl.edu

• Frugal Living - Home Page
  http://frugalliving.miningco.com/mbody.htm
  This web site gives information on all aspects of living frugally, whether it be related to family, health, housing, insurance.

• The Hunger Site Home - Donate Food for Free to Give to Hungry People in the World
  http://www.thehungersite.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/CTDSites
  The Hunger Site is where visitors have donated free food to help feed the hungry. They have done this by visiting The Hunger Site daily and simply clicking a button. The donations of staple food, paid for by The Hunger Site's sponsors, are distributed to the world's hunger hot-spots by the United Nations World Food Program. Learn how you can help and frequently asked questions/answers concerning world hunger.

• Making the Most of Your Food Dollars, G90-1008-A (Revised March, 1996)
  http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/foods/g1008.htm
  This site provides information to the consumer about shopping at the grocery store and getting the most from your food dollar.

• Nutrition for Low Income Families
  http://www.nnfr.org/curriculum/topics/food.html
  This web site provides information for low income families. A 5-part, eating well for less series along with several links to food safety and food/nutrition information are available.

• Nutrition.gov - Food Assistance
  http://www.nutrition.gov/index.php?mode=subject=ng_assistance*d_subject=Food%20Assistance%20Programs
  Food Security Hunger, USDA Funded Programs.

• United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  http://www.usda.gov/
• Administrative and Financial Management (AFM)
  http://www.afm.ars.usda.gov
  AFM provides services for REE, ARS, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, ERS and National Agricultural Statistics Service.
• Food Nutrition & Consumer Services (FNCS)
  http://www.fns.usda.gov/fncs/
  The Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services (FNCS) ensures access to nutritious, healthful diets for all Americans. Through food assistance and nutrition education for consumers, FNCS encourages consumers to make healthful food choices.
• Food Economics and Nutrition Review
  http://www.usda.gov/cnpp/FENR%20V11N1&2/toc.htm
  This web site gives the Family Economics and Nutrition Review issues.
• USDA Economics and Statistics System
  http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/
  This web site allows a person to search by title or description the USDA database.
• USDA Economic Research Service
  http://www.ers.usda.gov
  The Economic Research Service is your official source for economic analysis and information on agriculture, food, natural resources, and rural America. Look for food commodity and food security information, resources and research reports.
• Economic Research Service - USDA
  http://www.ers.usda.gov/Emphases/Healthy/
  This web site gives articles on nutrition information.
• What we eat in AMERICA - Food Surveys Research Group (FSRG)
  http://www.barc.usda.gov/bhnrc/foodsurvey/home.htm
  USDA, ARS, Check Out, Topics of Interest, Agriculture and Nutrition Research, Links, Instruction Booklets, Database.

Last updated: June 28, 2006

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