US Department of Agriculture Releases Food Atlas Online

Although my blog on Slavic Studies Librarianship has to do little with the US Department of Agriculture's release of its online Food Atlas, nevertheless I wanted to bring this important resource to the attention of my readers.



"USDA officials today highlighted one of its newest web-based mapping tool, Your Food Environment Atlas, which will enable researchers, policy makers, and the public to find information on a range of factors that affect access to healthy, affordable food, and will allow users to map the data by county. The map will provide highly detailed information on local food environments and health outcomes, including grocery store access and disease and obesity prevalence."



The new atlas is at: http://www.ers.usda.gov/foodatlas/



The full press release is linked from the USDA Newsroom: http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?navtype=MA&navid=NEWSROOM.


Source: Linda Zellmer
Government Information & Data Services Librarian
415 Malpass Library
Macomb, IL 61455
LR-Zellmer@wiu.edu
Phone: 309-298-2723
Fax: 309-298-2791