Animal Science Merit Badge Resources

• Worksheet on Animal Science from usscouts.org. This is a great tool to organize your work, projects and thoughts.
• LocalHarvest is a great place to look for locally produced food: beef, turkey, pork, lamb, and chicken. And veggies. And lots more.
• More on local eating and food sources--100milediet.org. Can you really get all of your food in under 100 miles from home? For Thanksgiving?
• Wikipedia: Horse meat is a food source in much of Europe and Asia.
• Breeds of Livestock: Under "Cattle", the letter A by itself has 26 different kinds listed.
• Food Safety and Inspection Service: Inspection and grading of meat
• Virtual Livestock Library
• WWW Virtual Library: Animal health, well-being, and rights
• Avian Option information from the National Chicken Council
• Journal of Animal Science

The original version of this list was posted on the ScoutSigns Blog. Some additions were made.