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Glossary of Terms

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4-H program- LC-e


A

Abattoir

Acculturation 

Agriculture of the Middle

Aggregate Nutrient Density Index (ANDI) -DS-e

Aggregation

Aggregator

Agrarian reform

Agricultural Experiment Stations 

Agriprocessors 

Agroecology

Agroforestry IA-e

Agrofuels

Alfalfa  

Allotment gardens -LD-c

Allopathic

Alternative food systems MQC-C

Amaranth MS-e LL-e

Anemia

Animal rights

Animal unit mc-e, ns-c

Animal welfare

Annuals

Antibiotic resistance

Anti-dumping

Anti-nutritive

Apiary

Apitherapy CA-e

Aquaculture

Aquifer

Aronia

Artisan production DS-e

Aseptic Packaging

ATTRA


B

Backgrounding

Barriers to market entry

Basic grains

Bear market

Beekeeping

Beta carotene

Bhopal

Biennials aj-e

Big Gulp mc-c

Bioaccumulation

Biodynamics ML-c

Biofuels mc-c

Biointensive gardening (John Jeavons methods) 

Biological nitrogen fixation

Biological pest control

Biopiracy

Bioprospecting LL-e

Bioterrorism

Box schemes

Brassica ML-e

Brand identity (branding)

Broilers

Broker

BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy)

Bt corn

Bull market


C

C3 plant

CAM plant

CAFO (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation) mqc-c

California Central Valley

Calls

Capper Volstead Act of 1922  

Carbon Footprint-TA-c

Carnivore MS-e

Carrying capacity NC-c

Cash Cows

Cash crop

Celiac disease

Cellulosic biofuels ML-c

Center for Rural Affairs

Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)

Center pivots

Cereal crop

Certified Naturally Grown-LC-c

Certified Humane Raised and Handled (CHRH) mc-e cb-c 

Chalaf

Chèvre (goat cheese)

CIMMYT (International Center for Wheat and Corn Breeding)

"Circle City Concept"

Circle K Diet

Civic agriculture

Clay soils

Climate zone

Closed waste cycles LL-e

Closed-cycle system

Coarse grains

CoBank

Cochineal

Cold frame

Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training (CRAFT) mqc-c

Colony Collapse Disorder mqc-c

Combines

Commissary

Commodity

Commodity crops 

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Commodity marketing

Commodity speculation

Community-Based Participatory Research

Community Food Assessment (CFA)

Community Food Security (CFS)

Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC)

Community Food System -LD-c

Community garden ns-c

Community Land Trust

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)  mqc-c

Companion planting ns-c IA-c LL-e

Composting-TA-c

Comprehensive food planning

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) mqc-c

Concentration ratios

Conservation easement

Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)

Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)

Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research (CGIAR)

Consumer behavior

Controlled atmosphere storage

Conventional food system ns-c

Cooperative (Co-Op)

Cooperative Extension service

Cornucopia Institute KAC-e

Cost and return estimates

Cost price squeeze

Cottage food operation MS-e

Country of Origin Labeling (COOL)

Cover crops IA-c

Cow-calf operation

Crop rotation

Cruciferous vegetable ns-e; aj-c

CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Cubic agriculture

Cuisine cas - e

Culinary identity mqc-c


D

DATCP (Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection) ML-c

Dead zones

Deep ecology mc-c

Demeter Association

Department of Natural Resources (DNR)

Desertification ns-e; aj-c

Diatomaceous earth

Dietary guidelines ar-c

Diet-related disease ar-e  mqc-c

Direct marketing

Distribution

Distribution hub

Distributor

Diverse Economy LL-e

Doha Round MS-c

Domestication LL-e

Double cropping

Double digging aj-e IA-c

Drive-ups

Dryland agriculture

Dumping 


E

E coli O157 H7 ar-c

EBT (Electronic Benefit Transfer) (see Electronic Benefit Transfer) -LD-c 

Eco-kosher MS-c

Eco-label

Ecological footprint ns-c, TA-c

Economy of scale

Economic Cluster

Edible landscaping DS-c

Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) [see: EBT (Electronic Benefit Transfer)] -LD-c

Embeddedness

Empty calories- LC-c

Endocrine disruptors kac-c

Energy Intensive Agriculture LL-c

EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) ar-c

Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)

Environmental Working Group (EWG)  kac-e

Erosion

Espalier

Ethylene gas

Eutrophication

Ever normal granary

Exotic species aj-e

Externalized costs of agriculture


F

Fair trade

Fair-Trade Labeling Organization (FLO) aj-e  mqc-c

FairShare CSA Coalition

Fallow cas-c

Farm Aid

Farm Bill mc-c

Farm Business Incubator IA-e

Farm Credit System (FCS)

Farm Hack

Farm Labor Organizing Committee RJW-e

Farm Services Agency (FSA)

Farmer suicides

Farmers market kac-c

Farm to school  cas-c

Farrowing mc-e, ns-c

Fast food ar-c

Feeding America cb-e 

Fertilizer

FFA (formerly Future Farmers of America) aj-e, ar-c, LC-c

Fitness cas-e
Fleishig

Flexible localism- LC-c

Flextarian

Flood irrigation

Federal Milk Marketing Order system (FMMO)

Food access  -LD-e

Food additives- LC-c

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ar-e; aj-c

Food bank cb-e 

Food chain

Food citizen

Food Corps (program) ns-e; aj-c

Food distribution

Food desert ar-c/ mqc-c

Food fortification DS-e

Food gleaning RJW-c

Food insecurity ar-e; aj-c  mqc-c

Food justice LD-c

Food labeling

Food miles

Food pantry cas-e

Food planning

Food policy mqc-e; aj-c

Food Policy Council (FPC)

Food preservation

Food product

Food provenance

Food pyramid

Food regimes

Food rescue RJW-e

Food safety

Food Safety Modernization Act

Food scare

Food security

Food self-sufficiency LD-e

Food service

Food sovereignty LD-c

Food Stamps (see Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) -ML-c LC-moved to SNAP entry)

Food system

Food system tiers

Food truck

Foodborne illness ar-e aj-c

Foodshed ns-c

Fortification (vitamin, mineral)

Forward contracting

Forward integration

Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)

Free range

Fruitarian

Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program (FVRx):

Fruits and Vegetables - More Matters 

Functional food

Furrow irrigation

Futures markets


G

Genetically engineered (GE)-LC-c

Genetically Modified Organism (GMO)-LC-c

Genetic pollution

Glatt

Gleaner-TA-c  cas-e

Global South

Gluten MS-e

Gluten-free

Glyphosate

GMO (Genetically Modified Organism)

Goiter

Golden Rice

Good Agricultural Practices (GAP)

Good Handling Practices (GHP)

Grafting

Grain-fed

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA)

Grameen Bank

Grass-fed

Grass-finished

Green-washing RJW-c

Greenhouse

Greenhouse gas

Green manure

Green Revolution

Green roof

Greenbelt Movement

Groundwater contamination


H

Haber-Bosch Process LL-e

HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point)

Halal CA-c

Handler

Hatch Act

Hardiness zone CA-e

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP)

Hedging

Heirloom mqc-c

Heksher

Hekhsher Tzedek

Herb

Herbivore

Heritage breed mc-c

High-fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)

Hoof and Mouth Disease

Hoop houses

Hudson Valley Seed Library

Humane animal husbandry

Hybrid vigor

Hybrids

Hydroponics DS-c


I

Industrial Agrifoods Complex

Industrial Food System

Indirect marketing

Informal economy

Innovators’ Rent

Inorganic fertilizer

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)    KAC-e

Institutional buyer

Intercropping

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) 

Integrative Model of Behavioral Prediction

Intensive Rotational Grazing (IRG)

International Center for Wheat and Corn Breeding (CIMMYT)

International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

Invasive species RJW-e

Irradiation

Irrigation

Irrigation efficiency


K

Kasher

Kashrut RJW-c

Kitchen incubator

Kohlrabi mc-c

Kosher

Kosher-style cb-c


L

Labor constraints

Labor displacement

Lacto-ovo vegetarian cb-c

Lactose mc-c

Laissez faire

Land base

Land grabbing

Land-grant universities

Land tenure

Land trust

Land use

Landless movement

Law of Return

Layers

Least Developed Country (LDC)

Leguminous crops

Life-cycle analysis (LCA)

Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS)

Limited Resource Farmer or Rancher

Listeria monocytogenes

Livelihood analysis

Loamy soil

Loan Rates

Local cas - e

Local Trap 

Local School Wellness Policy MS-c

Localism

Location Quotient

Locavore

Lodging (of grains)

Low Energy Precision Application (LEPA)

Loss leaders


M

Mad Cow Disease

Magen Tzedek

Malthusian-LL-e

Management-Intensive Rotational Grazing (MIRG) ML-c

Manure lagoon

Margin calls

Marion Nestle CA-e

Market

Market basket study- LC-e

Market cycle

Market Economy-TA

Market integration

Market manager

Market windows

Marketing margins

Master Gardener (certification) CA-e

Mechanization

Menuing cas-e

Merchandising

Michael Pollan RJW-e

Micro-credit

Migrant worker mqc-e LD-c

Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC)

Milchig

Mineral

Mobile Food Pantry  cas-c

Molecular gastronomy cb-e 

Monetization of Food Aid

Monoculture

Moral Economy

Morrill Act

Midwest Food Processors Association (MWFPA)

Midwest Organic Services Association (MOSA)

Mulch

Multifunctionality

Multilateral Organization

Multinational

MyPlate ar-e; aj-c

MyPyramid


N

National Animal Identification System (NAIS)

National Organic Program (NOP)   

National Organic Standards Board (NOSB)

National School Lunch Program (NSLP) ns-e; aj-c

National Young Farmers' Coalition LD-e

Native seeds

Natural colors and flavors (food additives)

Natural enemies mc-e, ns-c

Natural foods

Natural Step framework

Neoliberalism-TA-c

Niche marketing kac-c

Nitrate

Nitrite

Nitrogen cycle LL-c

Nitrogen fixing

Non-governmental organization (NGO)

Non-recourse loans

Non-therapeutic antibiotic use

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

No-till farming

NPK (Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium)

NPK mentality

Nutraceuticals CA-e

Nutrient density

Nutrition

Nutritional supplement


O

Ogallala Aquifer

Oilseed crops

Omnivore

On-farm processing

Open pollination

Options

Organic KAC-c

Organic Consumers Association (OCA) KAC-e

Organic Crop Improvement Association (OCIA) KAC-e

Organic Foods Production Act (OFPA)

Organic label DS-c

Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI)

Organic Trade Association (OTA)

Organophosphate

Out of season


P

Packinghouse

Palm oil

Pareve

Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)

Pasture

Pastured poultry

Passively-heated greenhouse

Pasteurization

Pathogenic microbes

Pellagra

Penetration pricing

Perceived consumer effectiveness (PCE) kac-c

Perennial crops

Perennial polyculture IA-c

Perennials

Perishable Agriculture Commodity Act (PACA)

Peri-urban

Peri-urban agriculture CA-c

Permaculture IA-c

Pescatarian

Pesticide

Pesticide Action Network (PAN)

Pesticide leaching

Pesticide residues

Photoperiod insensitivity

Phytochemical

Phytoremediation

Pick-Your-Own (PYO)

PL 480

Planting fence row to fence row

Plasticulture

Pollinators

Pollination

POPs (Persistent Organic Pollutants)

Portion sizes

Post-harvest handling

Precautionary principle

Precision agriculture

Predator friendly cb-c

Preservation

Preservatives - e-DS

Price parity

Prions CA-c

Processor

Processed food

Produce auction

Producer-Only Farmers' Market e-NC

Production district

Production protocol

Property rights

Public health e-DS, LC-c

Purchase of development rights (PDR)

Puts


Q

Quinoa mqc-e


R

Rainfed agriculture

Raised beds

Raw Food

rBST (Recombinant Bovine Somatoropin)

rBGH (recombinant bovine growth hormone)

Red #40

Redlining

Regenerative agriculture- LC-e

Regional food ns-e, cas - c

Regional warehouse

Relay intercropping

Renewable energy

Resilience

Retailer

Riparian buffers CA-c

Risk management agency (RMA)

Roadside stand

Rooftop Garden NC-c

Root nodules

Rototiller

Round-Up Ready soybeans

Row covers

Ruminant mc-e, ns-c


S

Salinization

Salmonella ar-c

Sandy soil

Scanner data

Schechitah

Shochet

Season extension

Seasonality (of vegetable production)

Seed Bank LL-c

Seed Savers Exchange RJW-c

Seed saving

Seed sovereignty RJW-c

Self-pollinating

Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP)

Sharecropping

Shelf-stable

Slash and burn (swidden agriculture)ML-e

Slotting fees

Slow Food

Slow Money

Smallholder

Social Ecological Model

Social Marketing

Soil compaction

Soil erosion

Soil fertility

Soil moisture content

Soil organic matter

Soil quality

Soil remediation

Soul food

Specialty crops

Spice

SPIN-Farming (Small Plot INtensive)

Sprinkler irrigation

Stakeholder analysis DS-c

Staple crops

State branding program

Storage crop

Structural adjustment

Subsidies

Sub-surface drip irrigation

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

Supply chain

Sustainability

Sustainable agriculture

Sustainable development

Sustainable food systems

Svalbard Global Seed Vault- RJW-e

SWOT Analysis

Synomorphy


T

Tariffication

Tariffs

TDR (Transfer of Development Rights)

Technology treadmill

Temporary special use

Terminator genes

Terracing

Terroir mc-c

Thrifty Food Plan- LC-e

Tiers of the food system

Toteponics

Traceability

Tragedy of the Commons

Transfer of Development Rights (TDR)

Transgenic technologies

Transnationals

Treif

Triangular food transactions

Tuber

Type II Diabetes ar-c


U

Ultra-high temperature pasteurization CA-c

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Universal Product Code (UPC)

U-Pick ns-c

Urban agriculture DS-c

Urban animal-keeping

Urban Beekeeping

Urban sprawl

Uruguay Round MS-e

USAID

USDA (United States Department of Agriculture)

USDA-Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA-AMS)

USDA-Economic Research Service (USDA-ERS)

USDA grading- LC-e


V

Vacant lot reclamation

Value-added product  

Value chain

Values-based value chains

Vegan cb-e 

Vegetarian

Vermicompost -MS-c

Vermiculture-TA-c

Vertical farming

Vetch

Via Campesina

Vitamin

Vitamin A deficiency

Viticulture

Voluntary food labeling


W

Water logging

Watershed

WHO (World Health Organization)ar-c

Wholesale terminal markets

Wholesaler

WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) ar-c

Wisconsin Apple Growers Association (WAGA) mc-c

Wisconsin Berry Growers Association (WBGA)  mc-c

Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) cb-c

Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Assoc (WPVGA)

Wind breaks

WOOFing (Working On Organic Farms) mqc-e; aj-c

Worker-share program

World Food Day

World Food Summit cb-e MS-c

World Health Organization (WHO)-LC-c

World Trade Organization (WTO)


X-Y-Z

Yield Potential  NC-c

Zoning

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