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Pastoralism |
Branch of agriculture concerned with the raising of livestock |
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Lactose Persistance |
An inherited trait in which the levels of lactase do not decline after weaning |
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Industrial Agriculture |
Form of modern farming that refers to the industrialized production of livestock, poultry, fish an crops |
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Genetically Modified Crops (GMOs) |
adopted for their herbicide and pesticide tolerance, but do not contain good nutritional value |
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Cash Crop |
Agricultural crop which is grown for sale, for profit. |
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Food System |
Includes all the steps involved in feeding a population. Ex. Growing, harvesting, processing packaging, transporting, marketing, consuming, and disposing of food. |
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Neoliberalism |
Commitment to vastly increase the scope of free market capitalism |
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Food Insecurity |
Difficulty in ensuring that nutritional and safe food is consistently available |
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Stress Response |
Perceives danger by automatically activating hormones, neurotransmitters, and immune systems to enable defensive reactions. Usually serves to protect us but can also damage health. |
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Acute Stress |
Activated in emergencies like an assault, mugging, car accident, death of family member |
