USDA developed household food security measures to empower local communities to assess their food security levels and incorporate their results into the national nutrition monitoring system, providing a rich data source for analyzing changes in the level and distribution of food security in the United States.

• Measuring Household Food Security
• Food Security Measurement Reports

USDA has developed the infrastructure needed to confront new biosecurity challenges to prevent, detect, and act in response to food safety emergencies.

• Biosecurity of Food and Food Supply
• Food Security and Emergency Preparedness
• Responding to Biosecurity Threats to Food Supply
• Security Guidelines
• Exotic Newcastle Disease (END)
• Avian Influenza
• Hoof and Mouth Disease (FMD)
• Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
• Soybean Rust (SBR)

USDA conducts and provides research on food security and hunger in U.S. households and communities. This research facilitates informed public debate regarding food security, and its impact on the well-being of children, adults, families, and communities, as well as its relationship to public policies, public assistance programs, and the economy.

• Economic Analysis of Food Security
• Food Security Publications
• Community Food Security Assessment Toolkit
• Resources for Hunger and Food Security
• Hunger and Food Security Data Reports
• Food Security Action Resources
• World Food Summit History
• U.S. Food Security Efforts: Analysis and Action
• Food Security Audio Clips, Documents, and Press Releases