Food Product Identification, Selection, And Procurement (HMFB 115): Course Readings

with Product List and links to more resources

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of the Department of Agriculture (USDA)

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of the Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Family-owned onion growers and fresh-cut onion processing plant.

Family-owned grower, packer, and shipper of California garlic for the fresh market

Alternative Farming Systems Information Center (AFSIC) of the USDA National Agriculture Library

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) administers programs that create domestic and international marketing opportunities for U.S. producers of food, fiber, and specialty crops. AMS also provides the agriculture industry with valuable services to ensure the quality and availability of wholesome food for consumers across the country.

The Produce Marketing Association is a trade organization representing companies from every segment of the global fresh produce and floral supply chain.

Family owned and operated food service and retail fresh produce supplier.

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

NOAA Fisheries, also known as the National Marine Fisheries Service, is an office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration within the Department of Commerce

PBS Documentary Film Series on Marine Fisheries & Aquaculture.

FishChoice.com is a platform that offers businesses several tools to advance their sustainable seafood sourcing, tracking, education, engagement, and more.

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch program helps consumers and businesses make choices for a healthy ocean.

The Safina Center Sustainable Seafood Program helps consumers, chefs, retailers and the medical community discover the connection between human health, a healthy ocean, fishing, and seafood. We translate seafood science so that you can make informed choices.

Find a Fish in the nation's database on sustainable seafood. FishWatch.gov is maintained by NOAA Fisheries, which is responsible for monitoring and enforcing marine fisheries within 4.4 million square miles and 95,000 coastland miles of the U.S. exclusive economic zone.

By Alex Delany. Bon Appetite, August 2017.

By David Trilling. Journalist’s Resource, October 3, 2017.

YouTube video from Munchies. Sushi has become a staple of nearly every American’s diet—yet most of us have no clue about the economics and environmental impact involved in getting fish from the sea to our plates. From Los Angeles to Japan, host Sasha Issenberg—journalist and author of The Sushi Economy—follows the trail of the threatened Pacific bluefin tuna to find out if our appetite for sushi just might end up devouring this diamond of the sea.

Australia with Simon Reeve, BBC Documentary. Simon visits a cutting edge laboratory devoted to breeding wild southern bluefin tuna.

The FishSite: factsheet published by the Southern Regional Aquaculture Center (SRAC) gives information on the handling practices of shrimp and molluscs.

Owner of Browne Trading Company, Rod Browne Mitchell has put together this expert guide on how to buy caviar.

IMPS are a series of meat product specifications maintained by AMS, USDA Agricultural Marketing Service. They are developed as voluntary consensus specifications. Large volume purchasers such as Federal, State and Local Government agencies, schools, restaurants, hotels, and other food service users reference the IMPS for procuring meat products.

By Anja Pastor, Phytobiotics, Germany. All About Feed, November 24, 2017.

Breeds of Livestock resource presented by the Department of Animal Science at Oklahoma State University. This site is intended as an educational and informational resource on breeds of livestock throughout the world.

National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA).
This free, interactive training program gives retail professionals and foodservice operators access to the resources that can help market beef and further understand the beef industry – spanning hot topics from beef production and nutrition to today’s modern beef consumer.

Haspel, T. (2015, Feb 23). Is grass-fed beef really better for you, the animal and the planet? (posted 2015-02-23 05:28:42). The Washington Post Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/1657492814?accountid=40999

Online Washington Post article. [If you cannot access the site, use the article text below.]

Leveling The Field – Issue Brief #2. Written by Elanor Starmer. The Agribusiness Accountability Initiative (AAI)

The Four Main Types of Sausages: Fresh, Cooked, Smoked, and Cured. by Molly Watson, The Spruce Eats, 11/24/18.

Food Safety Fact Sheet from the Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.

Food Safety Fact Sheet from the Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.