Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
The Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC), also known as the National Agricultural Research Center, is a unit of the 
The center's ''Harvest for the Hungry'' program donates about of fruits and vegetables each year for distribution to local charities, in conjunction with volunteers from the community who do much of the labor of harvesting.
Each February, BARC hosts the Washington's Birthday Marathon, the eighth oldest marathon in the United States.
During the tornado outbreak of September 24, 2001, the BARC facilities sustained extensive damage as the result of an F3 tornado. USDA research center severely damaged in tornado
(press release) United States Department of Agriculture, September 25, 2001. Retrieved on 2008-12-22. The center is also referenced in local folklore as the creation place of Goatman (urban legend).
Agricultural Research Service Northeast Area
*
The Beltsville Small White: A Heritage Turkey
(A digital exhibit containing information about the Small White and BARC) {{Authority control United States Department of Agriculture facilities Agricultural research institutes in the United States Beltsville, Maryland Buildings and structures in Prince George's County, Maryland Government buildings in Maryland Agriculture in Maryland Superfund sites in Maryland United States National Agricultural Library Georgian Revival architecture in Maryland Research institutes in Maryland
United States Department of Agriculture
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is the federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, forestry, rural economic development, and food. It aims to meet the needs of com ...
's Agricultural Research Service. It is located in unincorporated Unincorporated may refer to:
* Unincorporated area, land not governed by a local municipality
* Unincorporated entity, a type of organization
* Unincorporated territories of the United States, territories under U.S. jurisdiction, to which Congress ...
Prince George's County
)
, demonym = Prince Georgian
, ZIP codes = 20607–20774
, area codes = 240, 301
, founded date = April 23
, founded year = 1696
, named for = Prince George of Denmark
, leader_title = Executive
, leader_name = Angela D. Alsobrook ...
, Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
, with sections within the Beltsville census-designated place. The BARC is named for Henry A. Wallace, former United States vice president and secretary of agriculture. BARC houses the Abraham Lincoln Building of the National Agricultural Library
The United States National Agricultural Library (NAL) is one of the world's largest agricultural research libraries, and serves as a national library of the United States and as the library of the United States Department of Agriculture. Located ...
.
Among its research programs are Air Quality; Animal Health; Crop Production; Crop Protection and Quarantine; Food Animal Production; Food Safety; Global Change
Global change in broad sense refers to planetary-scale changes in the Earth system. It is most commonly use to encompass the variety of changes connected to the rapid increase in human activities which started around mid-20th century, i.e. the ...
; Human Nutrition; Integrated Farming Systems; Manure and Byproduct Utilization; Methyl Bromide Alternatives; Plant Biological and Molecular Processes; Plant Diseases; Plant Genetic Resources, Genomics, and Genetic Improvement; Quality and Utilization of Agricultural Products; Rangeland, Pasture, and Forages; Soil Resource Management; Veterinary, Medical, and Urban Entomology; and Water Quality and Management.
The center's ''Harvest for the Hungry'' program donates about of fruits and vegetables each year for distribution to local charities, in conjunction with volunteers from the community who do much of the labor of harvesting.
Each February, BARC hosts the Washington's Birthday Marathon, the eighth oldest marathon in the United States.
During the tornado outbreak of September 24, 2001, the BARC facilities sustained extensive damage as the result of an F3 tornado. (press release) United States Department of Agriculture, September 25, 2001. Retrieved on 2008-12-22. The center is also referenced in local folklore as the creation place of Goatman (urban legend).
See also
*Beltsville Small White
The Beltsville Small White is a breed of domestic turkey. The bird was named after its physical characteristics—a relatively small size and entirely white plumage—as well as its place of origin: the United States Department of Agriculture's ...
References
External links
*Agricultural Research Service Northeast Area
*
The Beltsville Small White: A Heritage Turkey
(A digital exhibit containing information about the Small White and BARC) {{Authority control United States Department of Agriculture facilities Agricultural research institutes in the United States Beltsville, Maryland Buildings and structures in Prince George's County, Maryland Government buildings in Maryland Agriculture in Maryland Superfund sites in Maryland United States National Agricultural Library Georgian Revival architecture in Maryland Research institutes in Maryland