Exam 2 Flash Cards

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Bureaucracy

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a group of non-elected officials within a government that implements rules, laws, and ideas onto society

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Agribusiness

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a general term for various businesses that deal with food production, distribution and machinery

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Cheap” food

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typically processed or unhealthy foods or fast food that is low in nutrition such as McDonald’s or Ramen noodle soup

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Subsidies

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a government monetary assistance paid to a business or economic sector or producers

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Organic

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referred to the way food is produced without any human made or synthetics pesticides or herbicides

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Industrial organic

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s a corporation who produces and distributes organic food across the country

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Grass farmer

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farmers who grass feed their livestock

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Grass-fed beef

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is cattle that is feed grass in their diet as opposed to corn meal.

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Pet milk

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the name used for raw milk when selling it to consumers.

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Givaudan

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is the Swiss flavor company

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Monoculture

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is the agricultural practice of producing or growing a single crop or plant species over a wide area and for a large number of consecutive years.

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Joel Salatin

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owns polyface farms

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Polyface Farms

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is a farm that is driven using unconventional methods with the goal of "emotionally, economically and environmentally enhancing agriculture". This farm is where Salatin developed and put into practice many of his most innovative and significant agricultural methods. These include direct marketing of meats and produce to consumers, pastured-poultry, grass-fed beef and the rotation method which makes his farm more like an ecological system than conventional farming.

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Locavore

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is a person who believes in the importance of eating locally grown food

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CAFOs

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is an animal agricultural facility that has a potential pollution profile. Specifically, the EPA defines a CAFO as an animal feeding operation (AFO) that confines animals for more than 45 days during a growing season in an area that does not produce vegetation, and meets certain size thresholds.

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2008 Farm Bill

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is a massive piece of legislation that serves as the federal government’s primary policy tool in the areas of food and agriculutre; it covers everything from farmer subsidies to food stamps

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Slow food

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Slow food is an international social movement with 100,000 members worldwide. Slow-food advocates seek to preserve local cuisines and gastronomic traditions, including heirloom varieties of local grains and breeds of livestock.

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Hoosierganic

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term made up by indiana farmers at farmer’s markets that sell organic produce but do not want to go through the process of becoming certified organic

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Sustainability

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an integrated system of plant and animal production practices having a site-specific application that will over the long-term:

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High fructose corn syrup

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a sweetener made by processing corn syrup to increase the level of fructose, usually to between 42% and 55% of the total sugar

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Western diet

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The Western pattern diet, also called Western dietary pattern or the meat-sweet diet, is a dietary habit chosen by many people in developed countries, and increasingly in developing countries. It is characterized by high intakes of red meat, sugary desserts, high-fat foods, and refined grains.

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Ethnic diet

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diet related to people of a certain ethnicity

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Blake Hurst

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Writer of the omnivores delusion

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Raw milk/raw milk cheese

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unpasteurized milk or cheese made from unpasteurized milk

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Mark Bittman

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Mark Bittman is an American food journalist and author

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Regulations

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a rule/order issued by an executive authority of regulatory agency which sets standards and procedures to which a certain item must adhere to

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Lobbying

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A group of people seeking to influence politicians or public officials on a particular issue

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Processed food

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is food that has had “value-added” in

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The omnivore’s dilemma

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trying to decide what for dinner. Food used to be seasonal and thats how it was eaten but due to transportation all food is avaiable year round

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Molecular gastronomy

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is a scientific discipline that studies the physical and chemical processes that occur while cooking. ...