Food Supply Security

Report

Hitting America's Soft Underbelly: The Potential Threat of Deliberate Biological Attacks Against the U.S. Agricultural and Food Industry

Assesses the vulnerabilities of the agricultural sector and the food chain to a deliberate act of biological terrorism and explores the likely outcomes of a successful attack

Research Brief

How to Address the Threat of Agroterrorism

The U.S. agriculture sector and the food industry in general have received little attention with respect to protection against terrorist incidents. How are livestock and produce vulnerable? What would the consequences of an agroterrorism attack be?

Report

The Food and Drug Administration Confronts Homeland and National Security: Report on a Workshop of the RAND Center for Domestic and International Health Security

Reviews a December 2002 RAND workshop on challenges the U.S. Food and Drug Administration faces, particularly in its potential responses to increased national and homeland security needs for drugs and vaccines.

Commentary

The US Agricultural Sector: A New Target for Terrorism?

Published commentary by RAND staff.

People

Jessie Coe

People

Patricia A. Stapleton