Food Studies: Websites

This Image Gallery is a complementary source of high-quality digital photographs available from the Agricultural Research Service Office of Communications (USDA). Use keywords to search here for more than 6,500 images in our collection. Photos include animals, crops, fruits and vegetables, insects and lab work.

According to its website, "The Allegheny Front is a radio program covering environmental issues in Western Pennsylvania. It's produced at WYEP-FM." You can both listen to and read the news stories on their website.

Information about many of the archival collections available around the world. Search by topic or by location.

An outstanding resource for online natural history materials. Most of the content is out of copyright, but some newer materials are included as well.

Includes 311,293 images, most of which are in the public domain. These images include invasive species, forestry, agriculture, integrated pest management, plants, insects, diseases, fungi, wildlife, fire and other natural resource issues.

The Census of Agriculture is a complete count of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. Even small plots of land - whether rural or urban - growing fruit, vegetables or some food animals count if $1,000 or more of such products were raised and sold, or normally would have been sold, during the Census year. The Census of Agriculture, taken only once every five years, looks at land use and ownership, operator characteristics, production practices, income and expenditures.

"The Center for PostNatural History is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge relating to the complex interplay between culture, nature and biotechnology. The PostNatural refers to living organisms that have been altered through processes such as selective breeding or genetic engineering. The mission of the Center for PostNatural History is to acquire, interpret and provide access to a collection of living, preserved and documented organisms of postnatural origin."

Wide variety of sources on agriculture, rural communities, and food systems.

From the USDA. Full-text reports from the USDA on trends in the agriculture and food sector.

International data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. FAOSTAT provides free access to food and agriculture data for over 245 countries and territories and covers all FAO regional groupings from 1961 to the most recent year available.

An online digital collection of some of the most influential and important American cookbooks from the 19th and early 20th century from the Michigan State University Library and the MSU Museum.

This map from the USDA provides information on locations where access to food is limited.

This website provides news stories, program information, photos, statistics, and much more on global food and agricultural issues, with a specific focus on defeating hunger.

includes information pertaining to food history, as well as news, other special features, exhibits, and more.

Provides a timeline of when humans began to eat a variety of foods. Includes the disclaimer that "it's impossible to express this topic in exact timeline format.... Most foods are not invented; they evolve. "

provides digitized collections of materials from a wide variety of libraries. Included among the many different topics are cookbooks and various other food studies resources, such as one particularly large food studies collection. Much of the materials is from the early 1900s or before.

Provides lots of information on British and European culinary history. Especially useful is the information contained within the "Links" section.

The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) conducts hundreds of surveys every year and prepares reports covering virtually every aspect of U.S. agriculture. Production and supplies of food and fiber, prices paid and received by farmers, farm labor and wages, farm finances, chemical use, and changes in the demographics of U.S. producers are only a few examples.

Provides links to many useful websites dealing with culinary history.

Agricultural statistics and reports concerning the state of Pennsylvania. Full-text versions of their publications, including the annual statistical summary.

Association devoted to transforming agriculture and food systems in Pennsylvania. Provides events for farm-based education, a conference, a regular newsletter, and more.

The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.

"Over 100,000 photographic images documenting historic and contemporary American gardens"

From the USDA. Annual publication, includes data on US agricultural production, supplies, consumption, facilities, costs, and returns and is intended as a reference for common use. Reports date from the current year back to 1936.