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Links - Breads, Cereals, Rice, Pasta, and Potatoes
Listed Alphabetically by Title
(with ratings on a scale of 0 to 25)
 

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22/25 American Association of Cereal Chemists
Information relating to cereal sources, cereal chemistry, cereal chemistry news, meetings, and career and educational opportunities.
http://www.aaccnet.org/
 
19/25 Canadian Wheat Board
Information on finance, grain handling and transportation, marketing, exporters, payments for grain, publications, and weather is provided for farmers, growers, and professionals
http://www.cwb.ca/
 
16/25 Cheerios
This website contains information ranging from recipes to nutritional information about whole grains and cholesterol. It also has interactive activities.
http://www.cheerios.com/
 
20/25 Empire State Potato Growers
Information about potatoes, potato growers, membership information, programs, features, and links.
http://www.empirepotatogrowers.com/
 
23/25 Famous Idaho Potatoes
The history of the Idaho potato industry, potato production, potato nutrition, buying and storing tips for potatoes, education programs, recipes, and materials.
http://www.idahopotatoes.com/
 
23/25 Food and Nutrition Information Center
An USDA information center that covers a wide range of topics including child nutrition, food safety, the WIC program, dietary supplements, food composition, dietary guidelines, the food guide pyramid, and more.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/
 
20/25 Food and Nutrition Solutions
This web site is designed to provide information on topics in food and nutrition. Sources of this information include The University of Illinois, US Department of Agriculture and other land grant universities. The site touches on topics such as food buying, preparation, preservation, storage, nutritive analysis, and food substitutions.
http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~robsond/solutions/nutrition.html
 
20/25 Grains Nutrition Information Center
The Wheat Foods Council provides basic nutrition information on grains and displays articles covering the latest nutrition topics. Nutrition educators can order teaching material from this web site and find easy recipe ideas.
http://www.wheatfoods.org
 
16/25 I Love Pasta
This site contains many pasta recipes and information about the different types of pasta. It also has a FAQs portion, downloadable graphs/information for the press, and information about the nutritional benefits of consuming pasta.
http://www.ilovepasta.org/
 
18/25 Kellogg's
This website provides a lot of nutrition information - even information that does not pertain directly to their products (i.e., soy). It also has an interactive portion designed for kids.
http://www.kelloggs.com/nutrition/
 
22/25 Maine Potatoes
Maine potato industry reviews, crop conditions, resources, news and events and recipes.
http://www.mainepotatoes.com/
 
20/25 National Corn Growers Association
Corn production trends, acreage and pricing statistics, corn yield contest, news, farm policy, food quality protection act, research, risk management, trade, and transportation.
http://www.ncga.com/
 
20/25 North Carolina Sweet Potatoes
This site provides sweet potato recipes, nutrition information, games for kids, wholesale suppliers, retail providers, processors, certified seed producers, allied industry members, industry, sweet potato background, and how to grow your own sweet potatoes.
http://www.ncsweetpotatoes.com/index2.html
 
20/25 Popcorn
Popcorn marketing ideas, popcorn book list, fun facts, trivia, history, tips on popping, perfect popcorn ideas, recipes, popcorn creations, teaching materials, games, nutrition, news, popcorn related activities and crafts, and FAQs.
http://www.popcorn.org/
 
21/25 Potatoes
Potato information such as recipes, tips on quick and creative cooking, handling/storage, variety, suggestions for cooking potatoes, basic facts and history, nutrition, and other potato & food links.
http://www.potatohelp.com/
 
20/25 Rice Web
A history of rice, where and how it is grown, recipes, and more.
http://www.riceweb.org/
 
15/25 Sources of Free or Low-Cost Food and Nutrition Materials
Developed by the FNIC, this website alphabetically lists sources for obtaining materials in the following sections: (1) Nutrition, medical and health organizations; (2) Food-related associations; (3) Food companies; and (4) Food service-related organizations.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/pubs/bibs/gen/freelow.html
 
18/25 Tortilla Industry Association
Tortilla information such as recipes, nutrition, news, lists of producers and suppliers, annual seminars & conferences.
http://www.tortilla-info.com/
 
22/25 USA Rice Federation
Information on rice millers and suppliers, research, foodservice and a history of rice.
http://www.usarice.com/
 
21/25 Washington State Potato Commission
Potato varieties, exports and marketing, foodservice and retail, and grower information.
http://www.potatoes.com/
 
22/25 Wheat Foods Council
The Council is a non-profit organization formed to increase awareness of the importance of dietary grains. Provided are publications, resources, links to other sites, nutrition information, and recipes.
http://www.wheatfoods.org/
 
20/25 Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association
Nutrition information, helpful hints, news, research, potato marketing & merchandising, upcoming events, and potato links.
http://www.potatowis.org/
 

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