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### An Illustrated Guide to Research Findings from USDA's Economic Research Service

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Economic Information Bulletin No. (EIB-48) 25 pp, April 2009

        This book contains a sampling of recent ERS research illustrating the breadth of the Agency's research on current policy issues: from biofuels to food consumption to land conservation to patterns of trade for agricultural products.

**Keywords:** 2008 Farm Act, nutrition assistance programs, U.S. food security, agricultural productivity, land conservation, farm households, rural population, natural amenities, invasive species, biofuels, agricultural trade, organic agriculture, global food security

**In this publication...**
            - USDA's Farm Act Funds ,    851 kb
            - About 1 in 5 Americans Participates in at Least One of USDA's Nutrition Assistance Programs During The Year ,    32 kb
            - Who Has Trouble Putting Food on the Table? ,    92 kb
            - Higher Productivity Drives Growth in U.S. Agriculture ,    964 kb
            - Transforming "Working Lands" Conservation Budgets Into Environmental Gains ,    431 kb
            - U.S. Farms—Large and Small ,    354 kb
            - Racial and Ethnic Diversity is Increasing in Rural America ,    4,608 kb
            - Forestland a Big Draw for Rural Living ,    1,271 kb
            - Land Retirement ,    305 kb
            - Economics of Invasive Species in Agriculture ,    451 kb
            - Biofuels and Agriculture ,    239 kb
            - Anatomy of a Global Food Price Spike ,    310 kb
            - Developing Countries Emerge as Biggest Destination for U.S. Food Exports ,    1,685 kb
            - NAFTA Clears the Way for Agricultural Trade with Canada and Mexico ,    203 kb
            - U.S. Demand for Organic Products Goes Global ,    1,061 kb
            - Global Food Security: A Goal, A Challenge ,    585 kb
            - Where Does Your Food Dollar Go? ,    448 kb
            - The Amount Spent on Food Rises with Income...While The Proportion Falls...And Diet Composition Shifts, Particularly in Other Countries ,    86 kb
            - Regional Variation Nearly Double Inflation Rate for Food Prices ,    1,683 kb
            - Can Low-Income Americans Afford a Healthy Diet? ,    29 kb
            - Why Do So Few Americans Choose a Healthy Diet? ,    177 kb
            - America Eats More of Everything...And Too Much of Some Things ,    225 kb
            - Food Safety From Farm to Fork ,    1,820 kb
            - Download entire report ,    14,691 kb

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