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September 2010 — Food Related Energy Use Increased
Feature articles in the September 2010 issue include ... Fuel for Food: Energy Use in the U.S. Food System; A Positive Path for Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa: Options and Challenges; Taxing Caloric Sweetened Beverages To Curb Obesity; World Sugar Price Volatility Intensified by Market and Policy Factors; U.S. Farm Structure: Declining—But Persistent—Small Commercial Farms; and Accelerated Productivity Growth Offsets Decline in Resource Expansion in Global Agriculture. Other articles cover such topics as policy options to increase incomes of Mali’s cotton farmers, ERS’s distance learning initiative with minority institutions, effects of coupons on produce purchases, food safety controls at meat and poultry plants, U.S. agricultural productivity growth, outcomes for targeted farmers participating in conservation programs, direct to consumer sales by farmers, and effects of direct payments on farmers’ production decisions. The September issue also includes selected statistics on agriculture and trade, diet and health, natural resources, and rural America.
Feature Articles
 Fuel for Food: Energy Use in the U.S. Food Systems
A Positive Path for Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa: Options and Challenges
Taxing Caloric Sweetened Beverages To Curb Obesity
World Sugar Price Volatility Intensified by Market and Policy Factors
U.S. Farm Structure: Declining—But Persistent—Small Commercial Farms
Accelerated Productivity Growth Offsets Decline in Resource Expansion in Global Agriculture
Findings
Market and Trade
Weighing Policy Options To Increase Incomes of Malian Cotton Farmers
ERS Innovates as It Expands Distance Learning Ventures With Minority-Serving Institutions
Diet and Health
Price-Reducing Coupons Have a Dual Effect on Fruit and Vegetable Purchases
Most Meat and Poultry Plants Use Mandated Controls as a Starting Point for Food Safety
Resources and Environment
Is U.S. Agricultural Productivity Growth Slowing?
Targeted Farmers in EQIP Operate More Environmentally Sensitive Land, but Address Different Environmental Needs
Farms, Firms, and Households
Urban Areas Prove Profitable for Farmers Selling Directly to Consumers
Direct Payments Can Influence Farmers’ Individual Production Decisions
Statistics
Data Feature
New Database Shows Substantial Geographic Food Price Variation
Indicators
Indicators September-10
Research Areas
On the Map
In the Long Run
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