“URL ALPHABET SOUP”
Governmental Offices
The White House
  http://www.whitehouse.gov/
Library of Congress (Legislative Information)
  http://thomas.loc.gov/

United States House of Representatives
  http://www.house.gov/
    Members’ Offices
      http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html
United States Senate
  http://www.senate.gov/
    Senators’ Offices
      http://www.senate.gov/contacting/index.cfm

 

Federal Departments/Agencies

U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  http://www.usda.gov/
    National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education and Economics Advisory Board (NAREE)
      http://www.reeusda.gov/ree/advisory/index.html
    USDA/Research, Education and Economics (REE)
      http://www.reeusda.gov/ree/
     
  REE Agencies and Related Units
  National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
    http://www.usda.gov/nass/
  Economic Research Service (ERS)
    http://www.ers.usda.gov/
  Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
    http://www.ars.usda.gov/
  Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES)
    http://www.reeusda.gov/
  Current Research Information System (CRIS)
    http://cris.csrees.usda.gov/
  Research Education and Economics Information System (REEIS)
    http://www.reeusda.gov/ree/reeis/reeis.htm
  National Agricultural Library
    http://www.nalusda.gov/
  On-Line Directory of Professional Workers in Agriculture
    http://www.pwd.reeusda.gov/
  CSREES’ List of Acronyms and Definitions
    http://www.reeusda.gov/1700/whatnew/acronyms.htm
    USDA/Forest Service (FS)
      http://www.fs.fed.us/
    USDA/Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
      http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/
    USDA/Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)
      http://www.fns.usda.gov/fns/
National Science Foundation
  http://www.nsf.gov/
National Institutes of Health
  http://www.nih.gov/
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
  http://www.epa.gov/
U. S. Department of Energy
  http://www.energy.gov/
U. S. Geological Survey
  http://www.usgs.gov/

 

Institutions and Organizations
National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC)
  http://www.nasulgc.org/
NASULGC Councils
  Council on Academic Affairs (CAA)
Council on Business Affairs (CBA)
Council of 1890 Colleges and Universities
Council on Extension, Continuing Education, and Public Service (CECEPS)
Council on Governmental Affairs (CGA)
Council of Presidents
Council of Presidents’ and Chancellors’ Spouses
Council on Research Policy and Graduate Education (CRPGE)
Council on Student Affairs (CSA)
Council on University Relations and Development (CURD)
NASULGC Commissions
 
Commission on Food, Environment, and Renewable Resources (CFERR)
  CFERR BOARDS AND SECTIONS
Board on Agriculture (BA) Assembly
BA Policy Board of Directors
    Council for Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching (CARET)
  Administrative Heads of Agriculture Section (AHS)
Academic Programs Section (APS)
    Academic Programs Committee on Organization and Policy (ACOP)
  Cooperative Extension Section (CES)
    Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (ECOP)
http://www.nasulgc.org/cferr/board_on_agric/coop_extensions.htm
  Experiment Station Section (ESS)
    Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy (ESCOP)
http://www.escop.msstate.edu/
  International Agriculture Section (IAS)
    International Committee on Organization and Policy (ICOP)
  Board on Human Sciences
Board on Natural Resources (BNR)
Board on Oceans and Atmosphere (BOA)
Board on Veterinary Medicine (BVM)
Commission on Human Resources and Social Change
Commission on Information Technologies
Commission on International Affairs
Commission on Outreach and Technology Transfer
Commission on the Urban Agenda

 

Regional Associations

Association of 1890 Research Directors
  http://www.umes.edu/ard/
North Central Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (NCRA)
  http://www.wisc.edu/ncra/
Northeastern Regional Association of State Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (NERA)
  http://www.agnr.umd.edu/users/NERA/
Western Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (WAAESD)
  http://www.colostate.edu/Orgs/WAAESD/
Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (SAAESD)
  http://www.msstate.edu/org/saaesd

Rural Development Centers
Southern Rural Development Center (SRDC) [MS State University]
  http://ext.msstate.edu/srdc/
North Central Regional Center for Rural Development (NCRCRD) [IA State University]
  http://www.ncrcrd.iastate.edu/
Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development (NRCRD) [PA State University]
  http://www.cas.psu.edu/docs/casconf/nercrd/nercrd.html
Western Rural Development Center (WRDC) [Utah State University]
  http://extension.usu.edu/WRDC/


Other Useful URL’s

National Coalition for Food and Agricultural Research (N-CFAR)
  http://www.ncfar.org/
NASULGC’s Food and Society Initiative
  http://www.nasulgc.org/Initiatives/FoodSociety.htm
AESOP Enterprises, Ltd.
  http://www.aesopent.homestead.com/index.html
Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST)
  http://www.cast-science.org/
Farm Foundation
  http://www.farmfoundation.org/
The National Academy of Sciences
  http://www.nas.edu/
The World Wide Web Virtual Library for Agriculture
  http://cipm.ncsu.edu/agvl/
Winrock International
  http://www.winrock.org/
World Bank
  http://www.worldbank.org/
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
  http://www.FAO.org/
International Food Information Council (IFIC)
  http://ificinfo.health.org/
Favorite Newspapers:
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/
http://www.newyorktimes.com/
http://www.stltoday.com/
http://www.latimes.com/
http://www.kcstar.com/
http://stacks.ajc.com/