Choose My Plate

Choose My Plate is the current nutrition guide published by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The Choose My Plate website offers a wide variety of healthy eating resources and tips for persons of all ages.

Power Steer

A must read article by New York Time's reporter Michael Pollen, detailing and comparing current cattle feedlot industry practices in the United States.

Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)

An important not-for-profit public watchdog organization, the CSPI lobbies for GMO labeling, stricter pesticide standards, and many other food safety concerns. The CSPI website provides a wide variety of consumer reference materials, including a regular Nutrition Action Health Letter and an important Summary of the Safety of all Additives.

Environmental Working Group (EWG)

The Environmental Working Group is a not-for-profit environmental health research and advocacy organization. Each year the EWG conducts extensive research on pesticide residues in food and publishes an annual "Dirty Dozen+" guide for consumers.