Food and Health 背景知识/background information

1. the United States Department of Agriculture: an administrative division of the national government of the United States, established on May 15, 1862 and made executive department on February 9, 1889. Its functions involve acquisition and diffusion of useful information on agricultural subjects, supervision of national forests, and administration of price support programs. Please look at the web site http://www.usda.gov for more details.


2. Cuba: a country comprising an island in the West Indies and several small nearby islands. Cuba is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the north and east, the Caribbean Sea on the south, and the mouth of the Gulf of Mexico on the west. Its capital is Havana. Please refer to the web site http://www.cubaweb.cu/esp/main.asp for details.


3. Hungary: a country in East Central Europe with its capital, Budapest. It covers 35,919 square miles (93,030 sq km) in the middle Danube Basin. If you want to learn more about the country and its people, please look at the web site http://www.fsz.bme.hu/hungary/homepage.html or http://hipcat.hungary.org.