U.S. Department of Agriculture - USDA
Organization URL(s)
AgSec@usda.govwww.usda.gov/
Other Contact Information
1400 Independence Ave. SW
Washington,
DC 20250
202-720-2791 (Voice)
202-720-2681 (FAX)
202-720-2600 (Voice - TDD, TARGET Center)
Description
The mission of the USDA is to enhance the quality of life for the American people by supporting production of agriculture; ensuring a safe, affordable, nutritious, and accessible food supply; caring for agricultural, forest, and range lands; supporting sound development of rural communities; providing economic opportunities for farm and rural residents; expanding global markets for agricultural and forest products and services; and working to reduce hunger in America and throughout the world.
Online Resources
- Avian Influenza (Bird Flu): USDA Information
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome?navtype=SU&navid=AVIAN_INFLUENZA - Be Smart. Keep Foods Apart
http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/f00cword.html - Bibliography on Native Americans in Agriculture: Ethnobotany/Traditional Medicine
http://www.usda.gov/news/pubs/indians/bios.htm - Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service Grant and Funding Opportunities
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/funding.cfm - FoodSafety.gov: Kids, Teens & Educators
http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/fsgkids.html - Guide to USDA Programs for American Indians and Alaska Natives
http://www.usda.gov/news/pubs/indians/open.htm - Natural Inquirer
http://www.naturalinquirer.org/
- Nutrition.gov
http://www.nutrition.gov/ - Ten Least Wanted Foodborne Pathogens
http://www.fightbac.org/content/view/14/21/ - USDA Rural Development Programs
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rd/aboutrd.html - Youth Resources - USDA
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4HPND_enUS310US229&q=usda+for+kids