Reference

The following links are divided among five sections: Education, Government, Media, Policy, and Science. Updated regularly.

 

EDUCATION

Harvard Law School’s Food Law and Policy Clinic

Local Harvest – Find a Farmers Market or a CSA near you!

NYU SteinHardt’s Department of Nutrition and Food Studies

Vermont Law School’s Center for Agriculture and Food Systems

GOVERNMENT

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Health.gov: Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2015-2020, 8th edition

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

U.S. Farm Bill (2014)

U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

World Health Organization (WHO)

MEDIA

Civil Eats

Forbes: food & agriculture

the guardian: food & drink industry

The New Food Economy

NPR: the salt

POLICY

American Council on Science and Health – pro industry

Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)

Environmental Working Group (EWG)

Florida Food Policy Council

Food Policy Action

Food Policy Networks (FPN), a project of The Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CFL)

Food Research & Action Center (FRAC)

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) – pro industry

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Organic Trade Association (OTA)

Oxford Martin School

Plate of the Union

The State of Obesity: Better Policies for a Healthier America

SCIENCE

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

American Heart Association: Sugars, Added Sugars, and Sweeteners

American Microbiome Institute (AMI)

American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

Apeel Sciences (fascinating product!)

The European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO)

MIT Technology Review

The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

National Cancer Institute: Obesity and Cancer

National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)