A comprehensive food safety site including information on food poisoning, food safety tips, a food safety quiz and a site for educating children on food safety.

Agricultural industry resource offers news, market reports, a weather center, USDA news, technology updates and employment listings.

Photos and brief descriptions of farm tools used in farming the plains in the 19th century.

A large collection of lessons on prairie agriculture for Pre-K to Grade 12, organized into grade level groups. They cover such topics as foods that come from agriculture, animal farming, soils, and environmental issues. These lessons on...

Looks at ways that renewable energy resources and systems have been used in the past, and continue to be developed today, in agriculture and on agricultural land.

This article from the Washington Post gives a great description of Cahokia, one of the largest cities in the world before Columbus' contact with the New World. Read about how the great mounds were made, the trade networks established,...

This site focuses on Demeter, the Greek goddess of agriculture and vegetation. It provides biographical information, background, English and Greek pronunciations of her name, other titles, pictures, myths, and her places of worship.

Read here about why farmers use aglime on their crops. Proper use of aglime is one of the most important management inputs in successful crop production.

This discusses the role of the USDA in terms of Biotechnology.

A basic site that delves into how annuals, perennials and trees survive the winter. A test is provided to determine how well you have mastered the materials.

Early Roman religion was based on the family with a strong "head of the family" in Jupiter. Because the early Romans were an agricultural society, much of the religion also centered on nature.

Some 150,000 Americans have served in the Peace Corps since it was formed in 1961. Peace Corps volunteers live and work for two years in communities in the developing world. They must learn the languages of the people they serve. They...

Discusses the chemistry of nitrate, the negative agricultural effects of too much nitrate in soil and in water sources, its toxicity to plants and livestock, and the impact on human health.

In addition to the usual information about the organization, classroom teachers will find a wealth of information here: among them, a state atlas that features agricultural, political, economic, and population & cultural, physical...

CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...

Brief description of coastal rice plantations in the late 18th and early 19th centuries from the National Park Service.

The critically acclaimed PBS series, "The West," provides the text of the actual Pacific Railway Act, designed to aid in the construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean.

See the challenges Argentina faces and the way the World Bank is assisting the country. There is also a brief summary of the various functions and the organization of The World Bank and an overview of how priorities are selected, the key...

See the challenges Peru faces and the way the World Bank is assisting the country. There is also a brief summary of the various functions and organization of The World Bank as well as an overview of how priorities are selected, the key...

See the challenges Ecuador faces and the way the World Bank is assisting the country. Many links are provided that talk about Ecuador's economic development and biodiversity. There are also specific examples of how the World Bank has...

What was it like to be a cowboy in 1867? Visit the Cooke Ranch and explore a cowboy's working and dwelling quarters. Play the interactive games to learn about the many aspects of daily life in the American West. (Click "Interactive...

Discover step-by-step resources and community connections when deciding to start to farm.

Learn about all the jobs that a tractor does on a farm. Includes audio narration in 6 additional languages with text in English.

Read about some of the products we get from farms. Includes audio narration in English, Spanish, and Turkish with text in English.