External Resources

A graphical depiction of the price trends of fresh fruits and vegetables (+ ~32%), breakfast cereal, fish, soups, cheese (- ~17%), meats (- ~22%), and carbonated nonalcoholic drinks over a thirty year period from 1980 to 2010, which shows a basic decline in the prices of food groups considered "unhealthy" and a basic increase in the prices of food groups generally considered to be "healthy." These trends in food prices are at least partly due to artificial factors at work, including government subsidies and production efficiencies.

This data system provides information on "food availability," or the per capita amount of food in the U.S. food marketing system available for consumption. Based on data related to imports and exports of various foods, and farm and industrial uses, this system approximates what those in the U.S. consume, on average, including all food from grocery stores, restaurants, cafeterias, and other eating places.

Created by the United States Department of Agriculture, this online tool, Your Food Environment Atlas, allows users to map and compare the availability of "healthful" foods across the United States. County-level data and statistics are provided for food availability, health and well-being, and community characteristics. Specific categories include:

• Access and proximity to grocery stores
• Availability of food stores
• Availability of restaurants
• Expenditures on food at restaurants
• Food assistance
• Food eaten at home
• Food insecurity
• Food prices (at stores not restaurants)
• Food taxes
• Health
• Local foods
• Physical activity levels and outlets
• Socioeconomic characteristics
  

A collection of wildlife/hunting data and statistics for animals within the the state of Wisconsin. These reports are divided into several major categories including small game, big game, waterfowl, furbearers, and nongame. Specific species addressed include grouse, pheasant, quail, rabbit, turkey, black bear, deer, beaver, bobcat, frogs, toads, bald eagles, and osprey.

A searchable database sponsored by the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, which provides access to information about both public health and animal agriculture, as well as research describing how these two subjects are related.