Ag Links Library

This list is offered as a service to help students and educators search for agriculture contacts. There are more agriculture web sites not listed. New web sites will be added periodically.

INDEX:
	National Agriculture in the Classroom Program
	Agriculture/Industry Groups
	Careers
	Education/Materials
	Federal Government
	Food, Food Safety, and Food Health
	Research, Technology and Sciences
	Search Tools
	State Government
	University/Academia

The following links are provided simply as a convenient service to those looking for additional information regarding agriculture and the food system. They represent a wide variety of businesses, ag-related organizations and government. Neither the Minnesota Department of Agriculture or the Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom program officially endorse these entities or their web site content.

Agribusiness & Industry Groups

• AgWeb
• Agricultural Utilization Research Institute
• Agriculture Network Information Center
• Agriculture On-Line (Successful Farming)
• American Dairy Goat Association
• American Egg Board
• American Farm Bureau Federation
• American Farmland Trust
• American Meat Institute
• American Sheep Industry Association
• American Society of Agronomy
• American Soybean Association
• American Veterinary Medical Association
• American Water Works Association
• Associated Milk Producers Incorporated
• Bison Central
• Cargill
• Case Corporation
• CHS
• Chippewa Valley Ethanol
• Crop Science Society of America
• CropLife America
• Dairy Farmers of America
• Dairy Farming Today
• Farm Journal
• General Mills
• Grocery Manufacturers of America
• Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy
• Institute of Food Technologists
• John Deere
• Land O Lakes
• Land Stewardship Project
• Midwest Food Processors Association
• Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative
• Minneapolis Grain Exchange
• Minnesota Agricultural Statistics Service
• Minnesota Area II Potato Research and Promotion Council
• Minnesota Association of Wheat Growers
• Minnesota Beef Council
• Minnesota Board of Water & Soil Resources
• Minnesota Buffalo Association
• Minnesota CattleWomen
• Minnesota Corn Growers Association
• Minnesota Famers Union
• Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation
• Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
• Minnesota Milk Producers Association
• Minnesota Pork Board
• Minnesota Soybean Growers Association
• Minnesota State Fair
• Minnesota Turkey Growers Association/Minnesota Turkey Research and Promotion Council
• Minnesota Veterinary Medicine Association
• Monsanto Dairy Business
• National Agricultural Statistics Service
• National Association of Wheat Growers
• National Cattlemen's Beef Association
• National Corn Growers Association
• National Cotton Council
• National Farmers Organization
• National Frozen Food Association, Inc.
• National Gardening Association
• National Honey Board
• National Sunflowers Association
• National Turkey Federation
• Northarvest Bean Growers Assn.
• Northern Nut Growers Association
• Peanut Institute
• Progressive Farmer
• Red River Valley Potato Growers Association
• Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association
• Soil Science Society of America
• Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative
• Syngenta
• U.S. Apple Association
• Wheat Foods Council

Careers

• Employment Opportunities for College Graduates in Food, Renewable Energy, and the Environment 2010-2015 (PDF)
• USDA Living Science - Food, Agricultural and Natural Resources Careers

Education/Materials

• 4-H Virtual Farms
• Agriculture Council of America
• Agripedia
• Ag's Cool
• Biotechnology
• Cotton Campus
• Cotton's Journey
• Dakota Growers Pasta Company
• Dodge Nature Center
• Eagle Bluff Enviromental Learning Center
• Enviromental Protection Agency Teaching Center
• F.R.E.E. Network
• Farm Crops by County
• FarmGame.com
• Farm Safety 4 Just Kids
• Farmamerica
• Feeding Minds, Fighting Hunger Project
• Kids Gardening
• Little Farm Hands - Minnesota State Fair
• Mill City Museum
• Minnesota Agricultural Education Leadership Council
• Minnesota Alliance for Geographic Education/MAGE
• Minnesota Council on Economic Education
• Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture
• Minnesota Nursery & Landscape Association
• Minnesota Zoo
• Moo Milk
• National 4-H Council
• National Cattlemen's Beef Association
• National FFA
• National Farm-City Council
• National Resources Conservation Service Tidbits for Teachers
• Netstate.com
• Oliver H. Kelley Farm
• Papermaking Kit and More
• Planet Ag
• Seeds of Change Garden
• SEEK (Sharing Einviromental Education Knowledge)
• Shelbourne Farms
• Smithsonian Institute
• Space Agriculture In The Classroom
• Teacher's Desk
• The Farming Game
• The Pizza Farm
• The Potash/Phosphate Institute
• University of Minnesota Extension (4-H)
• US Geological Survey
• Water Education Foundation
• Welcome to Sci4kids

USDA Sites

• Agricultural Marketing Service
• Economic Research Service
• Food & Nutrition Service
• Food Safety & Inspection Service
• MyPlate
• National Agricultural Library USDA, ARS
• National Agricultural Statistics Service
• National Agriculture Statistics Kid's Page
• National Institute of Food and Agriculture
• National Resources Conservation Services
• National Water & Climate Center
• Stop the Beetle (Emerald Ash Borer) educational materials, USDA/APHIS
• US Department of Agriculture
• USDA Kids and Teens

Food, Food Safety & Food Health

• 5 A Day for Better Health
• American Association of Cereal Chemists
• American Council on Science and Health
• FDA - Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
• Fight Bac
• Institute of Food Technologists

Research, Technology & Science

• Agricultural Research Service (United States Department of Agriculture)
• Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
• Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST)
• MinnesotaLifeScience
• National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research
• Western Regional Research Center

Search Tools

• AgFind
• Agrisurf
• Yahoo Agriculture

State Government

• Minnesota Department of Agriculture
• Minnesota Department of Agriculture/Clean Water Fund
• Minnesota Department of Education
• Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
• Minnesota Historical Society
• Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
• State Departments of Agriculture

University of Minnesota

• University of Minnesota
• College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
• College of Biological Sciences
• College of Human Ecology
• College of Veterinary Medicine
• Department of Agronomy & Plant Genetics
• Department of Animal Science
• Department of Applied Economics
• University of Minnesota Extension

MDA Contact

Al Withers, Program Director
Alan.Withers@state.mn.us
Phone: 651-201-6688 • Fax: 651-201-6117
Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom