USDA provides educational material to students, parents, and
teachers. These valuable learning tools feature up-to-date
information and valuable agriculture resources that focus on
health, nutrition, and science. Agriculture in the Classroom is
a grassroots program designed to help students gain a greater
awareness of the role of agriculture in the economy and society,
so that they may become citizens who support wise agricultural
policies. EdNet, the National Food Safety Educator's Network, is
an electronic network for food safety educators intended as a
one-way direct email system to deliver food safety education
updates from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for
Disease Control (CDC), and USDA. The Interactive Healthy Eating
Index (IHEI) provides information on diet quality, related
nutrition messages, and links to nutrient information. The
Physical Activity Tool, an addition to the IHEI, assesses
physical activity status and provides related energy expenditure
information and educational mess