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This glossary is a project of Alfonso Morales and his students in Markets and Food Systems, at UW-Madison, Department of Urban and Regional Planning. Check back often to see this project take shape. If you have comments on a term, please initiate or post a reply to a thread at the bottom of this page.

Master Marketing Food Vocabulary

Abattoir
Ag of the Middle
Aggregation
Aggregator
Agrarian reform
Agricultural Experiment Stations
Agroecology
Allopathic
Anemia
Animal rights
Animal welfare
Annuals
Antibiotic resistance
Anti-dumping
Aquifers
Aronia
Aseptic Packaging
ATTRA: (http://www.attra.org) the National Sustainable Agriculture information service managed by NCAT (National Center for Appropriate Technology)
AUM (Animal unit per month)
AUY (Animal unit per year)
Backgrounding
Basic grains
Bear Market
Beta carotene
Bhopal
Bi-annuals
Big Gulp
Bioaccumulation
Biodynamics
Biofuels
Biointensive Gardening (John Jeavons methods)
Biological pest control
Biopiracy
Bioterrorism
Box schemes
Broilers
Broker
BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy)
Bt corn
Bull Market
CAFO (Confined Animal Feeding Operation)
Calls
Capper Volstead Act of 1922
Carrying capacity
Cash Cows
Cellulosic biofuels
Center for Rural Affairs
Center Pivots
CFSC: Community Food Security Coalition
CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission)
CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research)
Chèvre (goat cheese)
CHRH (Certified Humane Raised and Handled)
CIMMYT (International Center for Wheat and Corn Breeding)
Circle K Diet
Civic Agriculture
Clay soils
Coarse grains
Co-Bank
Cold Frames
Colony Collapse Disorder
Combines
Commissary
Commodity
Commodity crops
Commodity marketing
Commodity Speculation
Community Garden
Companion Planting
Composting
Concentration Ratios
Conservation Easement
Consumer Behavior
Controlled Atmosphere Storage
COOL (Country of Origin Labeling)
Cooperative
Cooperative Extension Service
Cost and Return Estimates
Cost Price Squeeze
Cover Crops
Cow Calf Operation
CRAFT (Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training)
Crop Rotation
CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)
CSP (Conservation Stewardship Program)
CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility)
Culinary identity
Dead Zones
Deep Ecology
Demeter Association
Dietary Guidelines
Direct marketing
Distribution
Distributor
Doha Round
Double Cropping
Double Digging
Dryland agriculture
Dumping
E Coli O157:H7
EBT (Electronic Benefit Transfer)
Eco-labels
Ecological Footprint
Empty calories
Endocrine disruptors
EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
EQIP (Environmental Quality Incentives Program)
Eutrophication
Ever normal granary
Externalized Costs of Agriculture
Fair Trade
Fallow
FAO (FOOD and Agriculture Organization)
Farm Aid
Farm Bill
Farm credit system
Farmer suicides
Farmers Market
Farm-to-school
Farrowing
FDA (Food and Drug Administration)
FLO (Fair Trade Labeling Organization)
Flood Irrigation
FMMO (Federal Milk Marketing Order system)
Food and Fitness
Food Chain
Food Desert
Food deserts
Food Fortification
Food labeling
Food Miles
Food Planning
Food Policy
Food Policy Council
Food preservation
Food pyramid
Food Scare
Food Security
Food Self Sufficiency
Food service
Food Sovereignty
Food Stamps
Food System
Foodshed
Forward Contracting
Forward Integration
FQPA (Food Quality Protection Act)
Free range
FSA (Farm Services Agency)
Furrow Irrigation
Futures Markets
GAP (Good Agricultural Practices)
GE (Genetically Engineered)
Genetic pollution
GHP (Good Handling Practices)
GIPSA (USDA’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration)
GMO (Genetically Modified Organism)
Goiter
Golden Rice
Grameen Bank
Grass-fed
Grass-finished
Green Houses
Green Manures
Green Revolution
Greenbelt Movement
Ground water contamination
HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point)
Handler
Hatch Act
Hedging
Heirloom
Heritage breed
HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup)
Hoof and Mouth Disease
Hoop Houses
Humane animal husbandry
Hybrid vigor
Hybrids
IFOAM (International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements)
IFPRI (International Food Policy Research Institute)
Industrial Food System
Innovators’ Rent
Inorganic fertilizers
Institutional buyer
Intercropping
IPM (Integrated Pest Management)
IRG (Intensive Rotational Grazing)
Irradiation
IRRI (International Rice Research Institute)
Irrigation efficiency
Labor constraints
Labor displacement
Laissez Faire Land base
Land Grant Universities
Land Trust
Landless movement
Law of Return
Layers
Leguminous crops
LEPA (Low Energy Precision Application)
Limited Resource Farmer
Listeria monocytogenes
Livelihood analysis
Loamy soil
Loan Rates
Local
Locavore
Lodging (of grains)
LOHAS - Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability
Loss Leaders
Mad Cow Disease
Malthusians
Manure lagoons
Margin Calls
Market Integration
Market Windows
Marketing Margins
Mechanization
Menuing
Merchandising
Micro-credit
MILC (Milk Income Loss Contract)
MIRG (Management-Intensive Rotational Grazing)
Monetization of Food Aid
Monoculture
Morrill Act
MOSA (Midwest Organic Services Association)
Mulches
Multifunctionality
Multinational
MWFPA (Midwest Food Processors Association)
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
NAIS (National Animal Identification System)
Native Seeds
Natural enemies (in pest control)
NGO (Non Governmental Organization)
Niche Marketing
Nitrates
Nitrogen fixation
Non-recourse loans
Non-therapeutic Antibiotic Use
NOP (National Organic Program)
NOSB (National Organic Standards Board)
No-Till Farming
NPK (Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium)
NPK Mentality
Nutraceuticals
Nutrient density
OCA (Organic Consumers Association)
OCIA (Organic Crop Improvement Association)
OFPA (Organic Foods Production Act)
Ogallala Aquifer
OMRI (Organic Materials Review Institute)
On-farm processing
OP (Open Pollination)
OP (Organophosphate pesticide)
Options
Organic
Organic Label
OTA (Organic Trade Association)
PACA (Perishable Agriculture Commodity Act)
Packinghouse
Palm Oil
PAN (Pesticide Action Network)
Pasture Pastured poultry
Pasteurization
Pathogenic microbes
Penetration Pricing
Perennial crops
Perennial Polyculture
Perennials
Pesticide
Pesticide Leaching
Pesticide Residues
Photo period insensitivity
PL 480
Planting Fence Row to Fence Row
Plasticulture
Pollinators
POPs (Persistent Organic Pollutants)
Portion sizes
Post-harvest handling
PRA (Participatory Rural Appraisal)
Precautionary Principle
Precision Agriculture
Predator friendly beef
Price parity
Prions
Processor
Produce house
Production protocol
Public Health (and food)
Public Market - Public markets were once common forms of distributing produce and consumer goods. They are on the rebound with the consumers interest in local foods and sustainability.
Puts
Rainfed agriculture
Raised Beds
rBGH (Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone)
Regenerative Agriculture
Regional food
Regional warehouse
Relay Intercropping
Renewable Energy
Retailer
Riparian Buffers
RMA (Risk Management Agency)
Road Side Stands
Roto-tillers
Round Up Ready Soybeans
Row Covers
Ruminant
Salinization
Salmonella
Sandy soil
Scanner Data
Season Extension
Seasonality of Vegetable Production
Seed saver
Seed sovereignty
Self pollinating
SFMNP (Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program)
Shelf Stable
Slash and burn (swidden agriculture)
Slotting Fees
Slow Food
Soil compaction
Soil erosion
Soil moisture content
Soil organic matter
Soil quality
Specialty crops
Sprinkler Irrigation
Staple crops
Structural adjustment
Subsidies
Sub-surface drip irrigation
Supply chain
Sustainability
Sustainable Agriculture
Sustainable Development
Sustainable food systems
Tariffication
Tariffs
Technology treadmill
Terminator genes
Terraces
Terroir
Tragedy of the Commons
Transgenic technologies
Transnationals
Triangular Food Transactions
Type II Adult Onset Diabetes
UPC Codes
U-Pick
urban and peri-urban agriculture
Uruguay Round
USAID
USDA
USDA-AMS (Agricultural Marketing Service)
USDA-ERS (Economic Research Service)
Value chain
Values-based Value Chains
Via Campesina
Vitamin A Deficiency
WAGA (WI Apple Growers Association)
Water logging
Watershed
WBGA (WI Berry Growers Association)
WHO (World Health Organization)
Wholesale Terminal Markets
Wholesaler
WIC - Women, Infants and Children
WI-DATCP (WI Dept of Ag)
Wind Breaks
World Food Day
World Food Summit
WPVGA (WI Potato and Vegetable Growers Assoc)