Food and food science. cooking, food service, nutrition.

Main food and agricultural organisations

Pick of the crop Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations: FAO One of the world's most influential bodies in agriculture and food security, its scope of activities is enormously diverse, and its web site full of material. There are specific sections on (amongst others): Agriculture Fisheries Economics and Nutrition Sustainable Development   There is so much material it is helpful to use the search engine, or start with one of the index pages. publications, Some of the interesting nutrition focussed sections include Food, Nutrition and Agriculture journal Nutrition Education and Communication Group Codex Alimentarius Commission World Food Survey The Rome conference on Nutrition Food Outlook newsletter FAO World Agricultural Information Center United States Department of Agriculture : USDA An enormous wealth of material has been produced on the web by the USDA, including the: Food and Consumer Service Food Safety and Inspection Service Agricultural Research Service Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service National Agricultural Statistics Service\ Some of these are listed separately below. List of agricultural and other government organisations (FDA) The Federal Drug Administration has a long list of related government organisations outside of the US, including many ffod and agriculture departments.

Other food and agricultural organisations

USA

Functional Foods for Health (University of Illinois)

"Works with producers and processors of foods, dietary supplements, and ingredients to bring their combined resources to bear on the challenge of identifying, creating, and marketing safe and effective functional foods." This site offers information about the university program, announcements and news releases about conferences and a few links.

US Agricultural Research Service

Home page, with personnel directory, links to agricultural sites etc.

American Society of Agricultural Engineers

"not-for-profit professional and technical organization of members worldwide interested in engineering knowledge and technology for food and agriculture, associated industries, and related resources" Organisational information, plus information about meetings, mailing lists and agricultural engineering abstracts on the web.

Australia

National Farmers Federation

List of members, displayed on map of Australia. Includes dairy and meat industry bodies both state and federal.

AusFoodNews

Well presented site with links to many other sites on Australian food industry, both primary and food processing industries.

Food Science Australia

"Australia's largest food research and development organisation. It is a joint venture of the CSIRO Division of Food Science and Technology and the Australian Food Industry Science Centre". Information on its facilities, and lots of resources on food science generally, including a large, annotated listing of other food science sites, calendar of food industry events and Food Safety and Hygiene, a bulletin for the Australian food industry, and patient leaflets.

Canada

Canadian Agri-Food Research Council

Industry body which operates as "a national coordinating system for agri-food research and technology transfer in Canada and is a catalyst for building consensus on related priorities. CARC's committee system consists of participants from all sectors (industry, university and government) who identify issues and opportunities to be addressed through research." The web site is mostly organisational information.

Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Lot of material on food law.

Canada: FoodNet

Information network for the Canadian food industry, joint pilot project of the Food Institute of Canada and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

Europe

List of agricultural and other government organisations (FDA)

The Federal Drug Administration has a long list of related government organisations outside of the US, including many ffod and agriculture departments.

National Ministries for Agriculture

Links to 10 countries' Ministries for Agriculture web sites. From the Irish one.

European Food Information Council (EUFIC)

Non-profit organisation supported by food companies to work with press, health educators and public on food issues. Web site has information on biotech, food safety and a newsletter Food Today, as well as a search engine. There are also some nutrition information on obesity and highligihts of commissioned research on children's views of diet and health. The information is also provided in Spanish, French, Italian and German.

Danish Veterinary and Food Administration

Veterinær- og Fødevaredirektoratet. In Danish. Includes access to their newsletter "FødevareNyt"

The Food Standards Agency - A Force for Change

UK government white paper. 

France: National Institute for Agricultural Research

Information on the organisation and its research projects, plus a list of on-line agricultural and biology data bases.

German Food Industry Research Organisation (Forschungskreis der Ernährungsindustrie)

An industry body to foster food and food science research in the German food industry. The web site has details about themselves and their research projects, with information on a lot of food research bodies that are members.

Ireland: Irish Food Board (Bord Bia)

Food information, including searching for products and companies in Ireland .

Sweden: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries

Press releases, organisational information. 

United Kingdom: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Large site from this government department, (equivalent to the USDA) with sections containing both regulartory, industry and lay resources on food, agriculture, fisheries, food safety etc.

International

International Food Information Council Foundation (IFIC)

An industry supported body which promotes information on food and food safety to press, health educators and the public. Their web site is a particularly good source of lay material, pamphlets etc.

International Food Policy Research Institute

"The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) was established in 1975 to identify and analyze alternative national and international strategies and policies for meeting food needs of the developing world on a sustainable basis, with particular emphasis on low-income countries and on the poorer groups in those countries. IFPRI is one of the 16 research centers in the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research" Web site has organisational information and news releases.

International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements

Organisational information.

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General agricultural resources

Pick of the crop AgDB: US Department of Agriculture Huge range of agriculture-related data bases, information sheets, legislation, directories etc. Includes food industry, pesticides, farming etc. Listed alphabetically and has search engine.The information returned is a data base entry on the what, when and where, but has hypertext links where the resource is accessible.

Agriculture and Agrifood Canada

Can conveniently search the resources of this agricultural information site. It allows access to Canadian Food Inspection Agency, National Farm Products Council, Canadian Dairy Commission, Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency, Canadian Rural Partnership, and the Review Tribunal.

FAO World Agricultural Information Center

An FAO project to make information on its agricutural and nutrition projects more widely available. There is material on the CODEX also available, as well as various papers and conference reports etc.

Food Outlook (FAO)

Newsletter providing "Global Information and Early Warning System" from FAO with statistics and reports on food and crop situation worldwide.

Food, Nutrition and Agriculture

Journal of FAO, "covering topics such as community nutrition, food quality and safety, nutrition assessment, nutrient requirements, food security and rural development. Full articles appear in English, French or Spanish. Beginning in 2000, the summaries of all articles are published in English, French, Spanish, Arabic and Chinese."

 

Foodshow

On-line exhibit for food products. Need to register.

FoodCom

Food and beverage industry - find people, newsletter, equipment etc.

Agricultural trade shows: list of Upcoming International Trade Shows and Other Events in Agriculture

Includes some on food composition and food science.

Ryerson Polytechnic: Food Security

Information on a local Toronto food security and research network, as well as food security and food policy links.

Food news releases

PR and news release site. These are food, cooking and food product related stories, some with graphics (cartoons etc.).

Food Victoria - A Whole World of Food

The Food Victoria site gives you access to "The latest information on the production of food in Victoria, Australia. You can access information on the Dairy and Stone Fruit industries, search for a company in our database, order or update your copy of A Whole World of Food CD-ROM, download Taste of Victoria newsletter

Lost Crops of Africa: Volume I: Grains

Report from the National Academy of Science available on-line in full text. A companion volume is: Lost Crops of the Incas: Little-Known Plants

 

TEKTRAN data base of agric.research (Agric.Research Service)

USDA's Agricultural Research Service has produced TEKTRAN, a searchable data base to assist fast tracking commercial awareness of basic research into agricultural and (mainly animal) nutrition.

 

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This is a collection of links on food, the food industry, food service, agriculture, specific industries such as the meat and dairy industry, wheat producers, cooking and dining issues, gourmet cooking, food canteen and school nutrition. This is a collection of links on food, the food industry, food service, agriculture, specific industries such as the meat and dairy industry, wheat producers, cooking and dining issues, gourmet cooking, food canteen and school nutrition. This is a collection of links on food, the food industry, food service, agriculture, specific industries such as the meat and dairy industry, wheat producers, cooking and dining issues, gourmet cooking, food canteen and school nutrition.