Useful Links

UMass Extension Nutrition Education Program  An overview of programs, resources, online education, and office locations. 

American Dietetic Association  Contains a wealth of nutrition information for consumers and the media, featuring approximately 3,000 pages of content from news releases and consumer tips to Nutrition Fact Sheets, consumer FAQs and the Good Nutrition Reading List.

ChooseMyPlate.gov  Information on balancing calories, foods to increase and reduce, interactive tools and more!

Fight BAC!®  The Fight BAC!® campaign, developed in conjunction with the President's National Food Safety Initiative, is a far-reaching, ambitious and consumer-friendly public education campaign focused on safe food handling. The consumer site provides visitors with information on seasonal food safety, basic food safety information, community activities and activities for kids, as well as links to other food safety sites and resources.

Fruits and Veggies, More Matters  Information, serving sizes, recipes and fact sheets on fruits and vegetables.Sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services,and USA.gov.

Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food  Information on farmers' markets, CSAs, fresh recipes, food safety and more!

MyPyramid  U.S. Department of Agriculture site with fact sheets and nutrition guidelines for different age groups with interactive features and downloadable documents.

The Tufts University Nutrition Navigator  The first online rating and review guide that solves the two major problems Web users have when seeking nutrition information: how to quickly find information best suited their needs and whether to trust the information they find there. The Tufts University Nutrition Navigator is designed to help you sort through the large volume of nutrition information on the Internet and find accurate, useful nutrition information you can trust.