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Agriculture
Special Diets
Science & Technology
Eat Local
Buzzwords
100
Food Grown without pesticides or chemicals
What is Organic Food
100
These people do not eat meat
What is a Vegetarian
100
A chemical substance that is used on crops to treat insects or weeds
What is a Pesticide
100
A person interested in eating food that is locally produced, not moved long distances to market
What is a Locovore
100
Food that has been processed or refined as little as possible and is free from additives or other artificial substances.
What is a Whole Food
200
Over time, small, family-operated farms were consolidated and turned into these
What is A Factory Farm
200
These people do not eat any animal products
What is a Vegan
200
Changing a plant or animal's structure by removing DNA and replacing it with that of another plant or animal.
What is Genetic Modification
200
A seasonal place to shop for fresh, local fruit, veggies, produce and products.
What is a Farmers Market
200
A nutrient-rich food considered to be especially beneficial for health and well-being.
What is a SuperFood
300
When we use resources responsibly so that we can use them over and over again
What is Sustainablility
300
In this way of eating, people do not eat breads and other wheat products because of an intolerance or a sensitivity
What is Gluten-Free
300
The application of the principles of chemistry, biochemistry and microbiology to the development of new technologies.
What is Biotechnology
300
A Collectively Owned grocery store
What is a Co-op
300
Food devoid of natural enzymes and other living factors that boost ailability of nutrients and enhance nutrition. Processed Food is usually this.
What is Dead Food
400
This category of Foods from Canada's Food Guide are Alive, which means they give us vitamins and minerals and contribute to our health
What are Fresh Fruits and vegetables
400
Someone who claims that cooking food lowers its nutritional value
What is a Raw Foodist
400
Chemicals added to processed foods to improve their taste, texture, appearance, stability or Nutritional value
What are Food Additives
400
When 'shares' to a family farm are sold and investors receive these 'shares' in the form of fresh produce from the farm.
What is Community Supported Agriculture
400
A series of steps to change food for packaging or to treat food to preserve it
What is Food Processing
500
Interbreeding or blending elements of two different plants or animals
What is Crossbreeding
500
A way of eating that emphasizes returning to a more ancestral approach to eating
What is Paleo
500
A Chemical or natural material added to soil to increase growth of plants
What is Fertilizer