The Food Timeline--teacher resources

iThe Food Timeline--teacher resources

Food Timeline>K-12 teacher resources for food history lessons

New! USA food history guide

agriculture	economics & historic prices	law & regulation	science & nutrition
lesson plans	menus & manners	real people or brand names?	food reference
historic cookbooks	state foods	adapting old recipes	libraries & education

Agriculture: New World foods: introduced to Europe by the Columbian Exchange; History of Horticulture, Purdue University; English Farming Past and Present, Lord Ernle [1936]; Agropolis Museum, food & agricultures of the world; Plant Vegetative Morphology and Vegetables, chart from Texas A & M includes origins; Plants of the Bible, Dr. Lytton John Musselman, Old Dominion University
Economics & production: American food & commodity prices: historic & current; 1492, Columbian Exchange--Neglected Crops 1492 From a Different Perspective, FAO; 17th century--New France--Cultivating Canadian gardens (includes Native American agriculture); 1650--present U.S.--A Concise History of America's Brewing Industry, Martin H. Stack, Rockhurst University; 1776--present U.S.--History of American Agriculture, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture; 1840, USA---Census of Agriculture; 1848, Chicago--Chicago slaughterhouses; 1891, USA---Food Supply of the Future, W. O. Atwater; 1898, Michigan---Sugar beet industry; 1902, New York City--Kosher Meat Boycott, protesting rising costs; 1919, U.S.--War Gardening and Home Storage of Vegetables, National War Garden Commission; 1942-1945, U.S.--Victory gardens; 1942-1945, U.S.--Harvest during the War Years, includes posters; 1945, United Nations--Food and Agriculture Organization
Law & regulation: 1155, London--Worshipful Company of Bakers; 1266, London--Assize of Bread punishable by the Judgment of the Pillory; 1662, England--Hearth Tax; 1709, New Jersey--An Act for Regulating Ordinaries; 1764, American colonies--The Sugar Act; 1773, American colonies--The Tea Act; 1794, America--Whiskey Rebellion; 1815-1846, Great Britain--British Corn Laws; 1820-present, USA---Milestones in U.S. Food and Drug Law History; 1862, USA---Charles M. Wetherill, first chemist of the Dept. of Agriculture sets up a laboratory; 1871, USA---National Marine Fisheries Service, our nation's first Federal conservation agency; 1893, USA--Nix v. Hedden, U.S. Supreme Court rules tomatoes are vegetables; 1894, USA---Origin of U.S. Dietary Guidelines; 1906, USA---The Food and Drugs Act of 1906 & Food Labeling begins, U. S. Food & Drug Administration; 1906, USA--History of Food and Drug Regulation in the United States, Marc T. Law; 1907, USA---The first food inspectors are selected; 1912, USA--Maraschino Cherries defined by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration; 1917, USA--U.S. Food Administration (headed by Herbert Hoover); 1937, USA---Hot Lunches for a Million School Children, WPA; 1942-1945, USA--Food rationing stamps; 1946, USA---National School Lunch Act, international history, U.S. Dept. Of Agriculture (more details here); 1963, United Nations---Codex Alimentarius (international food standards); 1964, USA---Food Stamp Act; 1993, European Union---Protected food names:; 2002, USA---Legal definition of white chocolate Desgination of Origin and Geographical Identification; 2007, USA---Organic food regulations, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture; 2008, USA---Food Regulations: 7 CFR (USDA) & 21 CFR parts 100-199 (FDA)

Nutrition

US Dietary Guidelines

National Nutrient Database/U.S. Dept. of Agriculture ...current nutrient values for thousands of foods, including manufactured items (frozen pizza, potato chips, etc.)