Confronting the Possibility of Agroterrorism: Resources

News articles about agroterrorism

• USDA Official: Food Inspectors Boosting Efforts to Block Contamination, Terrorism NU IANR News, April 8, 2003
• Policy Brief: On Alert for Agroterrorism NU IANR News, September 26, 2002
• Agriculture Bioterrorism Requires Vigilance NU IANR News, November 12, 2001
• Safeguarding U.S. Food Production NU IANR News, September 27, 2001
• Be Aware of Pesticide Security and Safety NU IANR News, September 28, 2001
• Farm Visitor Policies May Help Prevent the Spread of Livestock Diseases NU IANR News, April 18, 2001

Web sites with agroterrorism information

• USDA Biosecurity Site
  
  USDA's response with responding, informational materials, recommendations of how to help, and Informational links.
• National Animal Health Emergency Management System
  
  Reportable animial infectious diseases, emergency management plans, training opportunities

Scientific/ technical articles & papers

• Responding to the Threat of Agroterrorism: Specific Recommendations for the United States Department of Agriculture Anne Kohnen, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Disussion Paper 2000-29, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, October 2000 (pdf format)
• Biosecurity updates from the American Veterinary Medical Association AVMA news, factsheets, backgrounders, Zoonosis updates
• Foreign Animal Diseases: The Gray Book University of Georgia College of Veterniary Medicine
• USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - Safeguarding American Plant Resources Report A stakeholder review of the APHIS Plant Protection & Quarantine Safeguarding System
• National Association of State Departments of Agriculture - Animal Health Safeguarding Review Review is comprehensive and the pdf file is large at over 1.0 MB