LibGuides: BOS 101: Food is Love!: Food is Love Resources

Background Information

Nutrition
Statistics & Reports

AGree
Seeks to drive positive change in the food and agriculture system by connecting and challenging leaders from diverse communities to catalyze action and elevate food and agriculture as a national priority.
America's Health Rankings
A comprehensive perspective on our national health issues, state by state.
e-Library of Evidence for Nutrition Actions (eLENA)
The WHO e-Library of Evidence for Nutrition Actions (eLENA) is an online library of evidence-informed guidance for nutrition interventions.
The Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI)
This research program prepares baseline projections for the U.S. agricultural sector and international commodity markets and develops capability for policy analysis using comprehensive data and computer modeling systems of the world agricultural market.
The Food Bibliography
The Food Bibliography is an on-line resource providing a growing data base of bibliographic materials for researchers in the field of food history and, more generally, food studies.
Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic
Works with nonprofit organizations and government agencies to recommend food laws and policies aimed at increasing access to healthy foods and assisting small farmers and producers in participating in food markets.
MedlinePlus
This is a consumer health resource from the National Institutes of Health. It includes patient-friendly, current information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues.
National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine
NCCAM is the lead agency for scientific research on the diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not generally considered part of conventional medicine.
National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy
Fosters and conducts objective, non-advocacy research, analysis, and education to inform public policy on food, agriculture, natural resources, environmental quality, and rural economics.
Nutrition Facts
A nonprofit organization that created video-based explanations of peer-reviewed scientific literature. The site also includes links to the articles in PubMed.
PHP Partners
Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce is a collaboration of U.S. government agencies, public health organizations, and health sciences libraries which provides timely, convenient access to selected public health resources.
Slow Food USA
Good, clean and fair food should be accessible to all and celebrate the diverse cultures, traditions and nations that reside in the USA.
USDA Food Surveys

Boston's Public Health Commission
Boston Indicators Project
Crowdsourced Neighborhoods of Boston
Earth Policy Institute
EPI’s suggests a global plan (Plan B) for moving the world onto an environmentally and economically sustainable path, provides examples demonstrating how the plan would work, and keeps the media, policymakers, academics, environmentalists, and other decision-makers focused on the process of building a Plan B economy.
FAO Statistical Yearbook
The FAO Statistical Yearbook is the foremost collection of statistical data on world food and agriculture.
Health Data Tools and Statistics
Mapping the 2010 U.S. Census
USA ERS
ERS research focuses on food security in U.S. households, food security's impact on the well-being of children, adults, families, and communities, and food security's relationship to public policies, public assistance programs, and the economy.

Sage Data
Sage Data (formerly Data Planet) provides extensive social science data covering geographies within the United States and spans topics such as healthcare, crime, education, employment, religion, and government finances. It includes CQ Press Local Stats and State Stats.

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