The following websites are additional resources intended to improve the users understanding of food marketing and provide better access to regional food markets.

Agricultural Alternatives-Penn State Extension
Publications on a wide variety of agriculture alternatives

AgMRC (Agricultural Marketing Resource Center) – Iowa State University
An electronic, national resource for producers interested in value-added agriculture; a collaboration of university research and outreach specialists focused on collecting and interpreting information and creating new research to support value-added agricultural activities.

AgMRC Pork Niche/Ethnic Information Page
This site supplies links with industry profiles, marketing, production, processing, and business information on pork.

Amber Waves: The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources & Rural America – ERS/USDA
A publication published 5 times a year, available in print or Internet format

Consumer Demand For Fruit and Vegetables: The U.S. Example-U.S. Department of Agriculture
This site discusses how the factors such as income, age of population, market promotion, and consumer awareness of the importance of produce, contribute to increased fruit and vegetable consumption.

Food Consumption Data System-ERS-Economic Research Service-U.S. Department of Agriculture
This site enables you to create a table and/or graph using per capita food consumption data.

FoodReview: Consumer Driven Agriculture-ERS-Economic Research Service-U.S. Department of Agriculture
This issue of FoodReview projects U.S. food consumption and spending to 2020. Articles discuss how farmers, processors, retailers, and foodservice operators are responding to this changing demand for food. Two additional articles look at food assistance expenditures and household food security.

How to Direct Market Farm Products on the Internet-U.S. Department of Agriculture
Supplies information on why to direct market on the Internet, developing a marketing plan, researching the market, and setting up and marketing on the Internet. This is a PDF file. You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to view this.

Illinois Beef Association
This site provides current news, programs and calender of events that are associated with Illinois beef products.

Illinois Product Logo Program-Illinois Department of Agriculture
The Illinois Department of Agriculture's (IDOA) ILLINOIS PRODUCT logo program helps consumers identify and purchase Illinois food and agribusiness products. Participants are encouraged to help promote the idea of "Illinois Products" but are under no obligation to use the logo on their packaging or promotional items.

Marketing, Business and Risk Management-National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service-ATTRA
These resources can guide agricultural business planning and help farmers manage the amount of risk in their enterprises. In addition, some of these resources offer advice on diversifying, developing new markets and adding value to farm products to increase income.

National Center for Appropriate Technology's Growing Your Range Poultry Business Entrepreneur Toolbox
This site provides education on the production, processing, marketing, and entrepreneurship for poultry.

National Organic Program
This site contains certifying agents, consumer information, NOP regulations and policies; producers, handlers and processors; and state information.

Niche Pork
Niche Pork's mission is to enhance pork consumption by meeting customer demands for value-added pork and pork products while helping increase the opportunity for niche producer profitability.

Organic Farming and Marketing: Questions and Answers-ERS-Economic Research Service-U.S. Department of Agriculture
This site explains the size of the U.S. market for organic foods.

Organic Farming-National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service-ATTRA
Organic farming addresses fruits, vegetables, agronomic crops, livestock, soils, certification, marketing, pest control, value-added enterprises, post-harvest handling, and greenhouse production. Written largely in response to questions from farmers, the ATTRA publications in this section cover specific issues among the most widely produced organic crops.

SheepNet
Online resource for the sheep industry.

Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education
SARE provides grants and information to improve profitability, stewardship and quality of life

University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
This site provides research and information to help strengthen connections between farmers, consumers and communities.

U.S. Department of Labor-Bureau of Labor Statistics-Freedom of Information Act Requests
The Freedom of Information Act provides any person the right to request access to records held by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This site provides the procedures necessary to access these records.

U.S. Census Bureau American FactFinder
This site provides indepth information on census data in the U.S. that includes maps, tables and data sets.