Food Industry
WEBSITES

The World Wide Web is generally not a good place to find scholarly information on the Food industry.  Your professors will usually want you to conduct most of your research in books, articles, and other reputable sources.  For more information on this topic, see the Rosen Research Guide on Evaluating Internet Sources.

However, the following websites have been found to be useful in the past and may provide news, reports, statistics, or other vital information on certain aspects of the Food industry:

• American Culinary Federation Online Resources - Lists of books and videos; dining guide; downloadable standards, tests, and forms; and more
• Beer Institute's Research Page - Links to Brewers Almanac, studies and reports, and statistics on U.S. beer production, consumption, and more
• Beer statistics from Modern Brewery Age - Statistics on sales, brewers, and more
• Beverage Sites, from the Alice Statler Library at the City College of San Francisco - Links to coffee, tea, beer, wine, and statistical websites
• Bureau of Labor Statistics: Report on Food Services and Drinking Places - Overview of food services in the United States
• Economic Research Service of the USDA - Reports on food, farming, natural resources, and more
• Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association - Education, membership, online resources, and more
• Foodservice Hospitality Links from the Nestle Library at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration - Links to associations, companies, publications, and more
• Food Sites, from the Alice Statler Library at the City College of San Francisco - Links to dining guides, food culture & history, food safety, recipes, statistics, and more
• French Wine Guide - Guide to French wines, wine-making, and wine districts
• Industry Research from the National Restaurant Association - Industry fact sheet, state-by-state statistics, and more
• Restaurant Sites, from the Alice Statler Library at the City College of San Francisco - Links to business planning, dining guides, equipment, menus, statistics, and more
• Sonoma County Wine Library - Wide variety of wine resources on the World Wide Web
• Wine Institute - Focuses on the California wine industry, but includes links to the AVA database and worldwide wine statistics.
• Your Food Environment Atlas from the U.S. Department of Agriculture - Maps and statistics on food choices, health and well-being indicators, and community characteristics.