Information Guide for NESCI on NIFA Director Beachy's Five New Initiatives
November 2009 - NIFA Director Beachy's address to the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Annual Meeting - NIFA and the five areas that represents its vision.
January 2010 - NIFA Director Beachy's memo on these five new NIFA vision topics to the Cooperative Extension Service Directors & Admin and Agricultural Experiments Station Directors.
Five New NIFA Vision Areas:
- Global Food Security and Hunger
- Climate Change
- Sustainable Energy
- Childhood Obesity
- Food Safety
Regional Resources on Food Security
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Funding for Research on Food Security in Northeast
USDA ERS - Food Security in the United States
Urban Agriculture and
Community Food Security in the United States:
Farming from the City Center to the Urban Fringe 
; A Primer Prepared by the
Community Food Security Coalition’s
North American Urban Agriculture Committee
Regional Resources on Climate Change
Climate Change in the Northeast. 2006 Report of the Northeast Climate Impacts Assessment
Confronting Climate Change in the U.S. Northeast: Science, Impacts and Solutions ; Prepared by the Northeast Climate Impacts
Assessment Synthesis Team
Precipitation and Drought Predictions for the Northeast; Adapted from the Northeast Climate Impacts Assessment (references)
Seasonal Changes; Adapted from the Northeast Climate Impacts Assessment (references)
Regional Resources on Sustainable Energy
