Health, food, and hunger organizations, DC area

This is a list of health education and research organizations in the greater Washington DC vicinity, including Northern Virginia, the District of Columbia, and nearby Maryland.

Nutrition research and advocacy, national

• American Dietetic Association, office [position] {DC NW}
• Center for Food Safety {DC SE}
• Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) [article] {DC NW}
• American School Food Service Association (ASFSA), and their
  Child Nutrition Foundation (CNF), ties to dairy industry {Alexandria, VA}
• Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) {DC NW}
  • Healthy Eating for Life series, books on cooking
  • StrongBones.org: Bone Health

Health research, national

• National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) {Bethesda, MD}
• Washington Hospital Center, Washington Cancer Institute, Spirit of Life Foundation {DC NW}
• American Institute for Cancer Research {DC NW}
• The Advisory Board Company {DC NW}

Hunger, global nonprofit

• Global Hunger Alliance, local support
• The Center for A Livable Future (CLF), of Johns Hopkins University {Baltimore, MD}
• Food For All, Food Industry Crusade Against Hunger (FICAH) {DC NW}
• Bread for the World, Christians seeking justice for hungry people by U.S. lobbying {DC NW}
• Congressional Hunger Center (CHC) {DC SE}
• Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) {DC NW}
• Share Our Strength (SOS) {DC NW}
• Global Health Council {DC NW}

Agricultural, national nonprofit

• National Council for Agricultural Education (The Council), and
  National Association of Agricultural Educators (NAAE) {Alexandria, VA}

United Nations (UN)

• International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), one of 16 Future Harvest centers funded by
  Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) {DC NW}
• Pan American Health Organization {DC NW}, Regional Office of the WHO
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Liaison Office for North America (LOWA) {DC NW}
• World Food Programme, Liaison Office {DC NW}

U.S. Government

• Gateway to Government Food Safety Information, website
• Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) {DC SW}
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) {Rockville, MD}
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH) {Bethesda, MD}
    • National Library of Medicine
    • Division of Nutrition Research Coordination
  • Food and Drug Administration (FDA) {Rockville, MD}
    • Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)
    • Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN) {College Park, MD}
• Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  • Agricultural Research Service (ARS) {DC SW}
    • National Agricultural Library (NAL) {Beltsville, MD}, and their Food Information Team
      • Food Safety Research Information Office (FSRIO)
      • Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC), and others
    • Beltsville Area Agricultural Research Service {Beltsville, MD}
      • Animal and Natural Resources Institute (ANRI)
      • Plant Sciences Institute
      • Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center (BHNRC)
  • Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) {DC}
  • Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services {Alexandria, VA}
    • The Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP)
    • Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)
• The National Academies, and their National Academy Press {DC NW}

Local nonprofit public health education

• SOLACE, coalition, end-of-life care in Northern Virginia {Fairfax, VA}

Directories elsewhere

• Vegetarian organizations in the DC area