Research Guides: Recreation, Tourism, and Nonprofit Leadership: RTNL 2130

Instructions

Open the questions in a new tab. Respond directly below each question.
Number each response to match the questions.
Don't forget to cite your sources. Just a URL is fine.
Explore! If you can't find an answer, include other relevant information you come across that is interesting or surprising.
Try advanced Google searching tips on this page.
Be ready to share with the class what you learned, how you feel, and what you want to do next.

QuickFacts
Census Bureau data by state, county, city, etc. Includes poverty statistics.
Cedar Falls-Waterloo Courier
Rod Library subscription. CatID required off-campus. Search for specific topics.
Select Newspaper Source Plus for issues 2002-current (1 day delay).
Use Courier webpage for selected issues (has online ads & article limit).
Kids Count Data Center
Select a topic in the center, then choose "by county" in the left sidebar.
Food Insecurity in the U.S.
Feeding America mapping tool. Select Iowa then Black Hawk county.
Northeast Iowa Food Bank
Charity Navigator
Ranking and financial information for Northeast Iowa Food Bank. See librarian if login information is required.
Family Budget Calculator
Economic Policy Institute

QuickFacts
Census Bureau data by state, county, city, etc. Includes poverty statistics.
Kids Count Data Center
Hunger in Iowa
Feeding America
Iowa Hunger Directory
World Food Prize
Northeast Iowa Food Bank
Help Us Stop Hunger (HUSH)
Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources (DNR)
Iowa Food Bank Association

Des Moines Register (ProQuest)
News articles from the Des Moines Register newspaper.

QuickFacts
Census Bureau data by state, county, city, etc. Includes poverty statistics.
Poverty Statistics
U.S. Census Bureau
Food Security in the U.S.
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Food Access Research Atlas
Food desert mapping tool, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Food Research & Action Center
The Health Costs of Hunger in America
Interactive report, Bread for the World Institute
Hunger & Food Security
National Agriculture Library (USDA)
Family Budget Calculator
Economic Policy Institute
Cost of Food reports
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Why are people malnourished in the richest country on earth?
National Geographic. Click down arrow to scroll through resources.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Formerly known as food stamps, USDA.
Food Labeling Guide
U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Food Labeling
USDA National Agriculture Library
Food Labels
Nutrition.gov
Rural Hunger Facts
Feeding America
Understanding the Connections: Food Insecurity and Obesity
Food Research and Action Center