Programs and Organizations
Provides USDA foods to income eligible households living on Indian Reservations, and to American Indian households residing in approved areas near reservations or in Oklahoma
Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDIR)
areas with limited access to healthy foods
Food Desert
Gases that trap heat in the atmosphere, especially carbon dioxide and methane
Green House Gas Emissions
may be either raw agriculture commodities or processed commodities provided that they are the forms that are sold or distributed for human consumption and ingested for nutrient properties
Food Commodity
a federally funded, comprehensive preschool program designed to meet emotional, social, health, nutritional, and psychological needs of three and four year olds and their families
Head Start
Consistent access to enough safe, nutritious food for an active, healthy life without resorting to emergency food programs or stealing
Food Security
genetically modified organisms refer specifically to foods where the DNA has been modified by technology
GMOS
an activity by an individual or group which aims to influence decisions within political, economic, and social systems and institutions
Advocacy
A federally assisted meal program operating in public and nonprofit private schools and residential child care institutions
National School Lunch Program
A complex and interconnected processes involved in keeping people fed
Food Systems
refers to rescuing or using food that would otherwise go to waste
Resource and Waste Recovery
A USDA Certification program that recognizes farms and processors for preserving natural resources, supporting animal health and welfare, uses approved materials, and receive annual onsite inspections
Organic Certification
Federal grant to low income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to 5 years old who are at nutritional risk
Woman, Infants, and Children (WIC)
A mile over which a food item is transported from producer to consumer as a unit of measurement of the fuel used to do this.
Food Miles
Modifying or changing a product to add value
Value Added Processing
a person who pursues novel applications that have the potential to solve community-based problems
Social Entrepreneur
helps low income families purchase healthy foods
Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Programs (SNAP)
building relationships with customers, raising brand awareness, developing new products, promoting food products through advertising, and even paying grocery stores for prominent shelf space, all with the goal of promoting sales
Food Marketing
Food that is grown less than 400 miles or within the same state
Local Food
List the elements in a food system (7)
Food Production
Distribution and Aggregation
Food Processing
Marketing
Purchasing
Preparation and Consumption
Resource and Waste Recovery