Portal Links

AgriFor (www.agrifor.ac.uk)

AgriFor is a gateway to evaluated, quality Internet resources in agriculture, food and forestry, aimed at students, researchers, academics and practitioners in agriculture, food or forestry. AgriFor is created by a core team of information specialists and subject experts based at the University of Nottingham Greenfield Medical Library, in partnership with key organisations throughout the UK and further afield.

FoodFen (www.foodfen.org.uk)

The FoodFen extranet is a free information and enquiry service for food companies in the fenland area. FoodFen is an East of England partnership of private business and the public sector with the strategic aim of building a world class agri-food industry within the fens.

FoodNavigator

The Best of Food Internet (www.foodnavigator.com/bestof.asp) section claims to be "a dynamic group of favourites, constantly updated, featuring the best food-related web-sites in the world….based on information content, design and navigation". Features several hundred web sites, covering all aspects of food-related issues. The site also has several other major sections.

Food and Nutrition Internet Index (www.fnii.ifis.org)

Produced by the International Food Information Service, this subscription service covers a wide range of food-related web sites, focussing on associations, database hosts and similar organisations.

IMPACT Faraday Partnership (www.impactfp.org)

The aim of IMPACT is to enhance the knowledge, skills-base and the creativity of personnel in businesses underpinned by colloid technology.

Faraday Partnerships promote improved interactions between UK industry and the science, engineering and technology base through the involvement of intermediate organisations.

just-food (www.just-food.com)

One of a series of ‘just’ sites which provides access to news and feature articles on food-related topics from around the world. News items updated daily. Also contains information on training courses for the food industry.

London Food Center (www.sbu.ac.uk/lfc/)

The London Food Centre was set up and part-funded by MAFF in partnership with South Bank University to assist small and medium-sized food businesses in increasing their profits, improving their quality and raising standards. The LFC provides confidential, practical and cost effective solutions, tailored to the needs of each business at all stages in their development.

North West Food Alliance (NWFA) (www.nwfoodalliance.co.uk)

The NWFA aims to draw together the skills, expertise and resources of organisations involved in the Agri-food and Drink sector so that pressures can be lifted and the profitability of the regions organisations can be increased. The aim of this portal is to provide a gateway to information on all aspects of the Agri-food and Drink industry in the North West.

ReadyMealsInfo (www.readymealsinfo.com)

ReadyMealsInfo is an InfoPortal; a leading business-to-business e-commerce concept that has been developed for industry professionals who want to take full advantage of the potential of the Internet for business critical information.