{"id":327,"date":"2026-05-27T11:25:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T11:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.routledgelearning.com\/sustainabilityprinciplesandpractice\/?page_id=327"},"modified":"2026-05-27T11:25:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T11:25:27","slug":"food","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.routledgelearning.com\/sustainabilityprinciplesandpractice\/food\/","title":{"rendered":"Food"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-69934ac2 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.routledgelearning.com\/sustainabilityprinciplesandpractice\/flashcards\/\" style=\"background-color:#409750;font-style:normal;font-weight:300\">Back to all Flashcards<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<!-- Swiper -->\n<div 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-->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-front=\"agroecology\" data-back=\"An interdisciplinary approach which applies principles of ecology to the practice of agriculture.\">\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\">\n                <p><p>agroecology<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                <div id=\"flashcard-instruction-block_3f76eb5cb7c8a86ac8dea71808dfe25b\" class=\"flashcard-instruction\">Click to Flip<\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\"><p>An interdisciplinary approach which applies principles of ecology to the practice of agriculture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <!-- Swiper Slide -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n          <!-- Flashcard -->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-front=\"agroforestry\" data-back=\"The intercropping of annual or perennial agricultural crops with trees or other woody plants.\">\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\">\n                <p><p>agroforestry <\/p>\n<\/p>\n                <div id=\"flashcard-instruction-block_3f76eb5cb7c8a86ac8dea71808dfe25b\" class=\"flashcard-instruction\">Click to Flip<\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\"><p>The intercropping of annual or perennial agricultural crops with trees or other woody plants. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <!-- Swiper Slide -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n          <!-- Flashcard -->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-front=\"aquaculture\" data-back=\"The industrial farming of fish or seafood.\">\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\">\n                <p><p>aquaculture<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                <div id=\"flashcard-instruction-block_3f76eb5cb7c8a86ac8dea71808dfe25b\" class=\"flashcard-instruction\">Click to Flip<\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\"><p>The industrial farming of fish or seafood.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <!-- Swiper Slide -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n          <!-- Flashcard -->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-front=\"biointensive agriculture\" data-back=\"An approach to producing high yields of food crops in small spaces using raised beds; also known as French intensive agriculture.\">\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\">\n                <p><p>biointensive agriculture  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n                <div id=\"flashcard-instruction-block_3f76eb5cb7c8a86ac8dea71808dfe25b\" class=\"flashcard-instruction\">Click to Flip<\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\"><p>An approach to producing high yields of food crops in small spaces using raised beds; also known as French intensive agriculture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <!-- Swiper Slide -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n          <!-- Flashcard -->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-front=\"CAFO\" data-back=\"Acronym for concentrated animal feeding operation, an industrial-scale facility for housing animals at high densities for feeding prior to slaughter; also known as a feedlot.\">\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\">\n                <p><p>CAFO<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                <div id=\"flashcard-instruction-block_3f76eb5cb7c8a86ac8dea71808dfe25b\" class=\"flashcard-instruction\">Click to Flip<\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\"><p>Acronym for concentrated animal feeding operation, an industrial-scale facility for housing animals at high densities for feeding prior to slaughter; also known as a feedlot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <!-- Swiper Slide -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n          <!-- Flashcard -->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-front=\"certification\" data-back=\"A procedure by which a third party verifies the level of performance of a product, process or service compared to some standard.\">\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\">\n                <p><p>certification<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                <div id=\"flashcard-instruction-block_3f76eb5cb7c8a86ac8dea71808dfe25b\" class=\"flashcard-instruction\">Click to Flip<\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\"><p>A procedure by which a third party verifies the level of performance of a product, process or service compared to some standard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <!-- Swiper Slide -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n          <!-- Flashcard -->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-front=\"community-supported agriculture (CSA)\" data-back=\"An approach to supplying food in which customers buy subscriptions to local farms in return for regular deliveries of shares of the harvests.\">\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\">\n                <p><p>community-supported agriculture (CSA)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                <div id=\"flashcard-instruction-block_3f76eb5cb7c8a86ac8dea71808dfe25b\" class=\"flashcard-instruction\">Click to Flip<\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\"><p>An approach to supplying food in which customers buy subscriptions to local farms in return for regular deliveries of shares of the harvests.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <!-- Swiper Slide -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n          <!-- Flashcard -->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-front=\"conservation agriculture\" data-back=\"An approach to growing crops based on 3 principles: crop rotation, protecting soil with cover crops and retained crop residue, and no-till.\">\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\">\n                <p><p>conservation agriculture<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                <div id=\"flashcard-instruction-block_3f76eb5cb7c8a86ac8dea71808dfe25b\" class=\"flashcard-instruction\">Click to Flip<\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\"><p>An approach to growing crops based on 3 principles: crop rotation, protecting soil with cover crops and retained crop residue, and no-till.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <!-- Swiper Slide -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n          <!-- Flashcard -->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-front=\"factory farm\" data-back=\"A large-scale animal factory.\">\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\">\n                <p><p>factory farm<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                <div id=\"flashcard-instruction-block_3f76eb5cb7c8a86ac8dea71808dfe25b\" class=\"flashcard-instruction\">Click to Flip<\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\"><p>A large-scale animal factory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <!-- Swiper Slide -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n          <!-- Flashcard -->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-front=\"feedlot\" data-back=\"An industrial-scale facility for housing animals at high densities for feeding prior to slaughter; also known as a CAFO.\">\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\">\n                <p><p>feedlot<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                <div id=\"flashcard-instruction-block_3f76eb5cb7c8a86ac8dea71808dfe25b\" class=\"flashcard-instruction\">Click to Flip<\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\"><p>An industrial-scale facility for housing animals at high densities for feeding prior to slaughter; also known as a CAFO.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <!-- Swiper Slide -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n          <!-- Flashcard -->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-front=\"food desert\" data-back=\"An urban area in which residents do not have ready access to healthy food.\">\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\">\n                <p><p>food desert<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                <div id=\"flashcard-instruction-block_3f76eb5cb7c8a86ac8dea71808dfe25b\" class=\"flashcard-instruction\">Click to Flip<\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\"><p>An urban area in which residents do not have ready access to healthy food.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <!-- Swiper Slide -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n          <!-- Flashcard -->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-front=\"food forest\" data-back=\"A small-scale form of agroforestry in a multi-story combination of food-bearing trees, shrubs, perennials, and annuals.\">\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\">\n                <p><p>food forest  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n                <div id=\"flashcard-instruction-block_3f76eb5cb7c8a86ac8dea71808dfe25b\" class=\"flashcard-instruction\">Click to Flip<\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\"><p>A small-scale form of agroforestry in a multi-story combination of food-bearing trees, shrubs, perennials, and annuals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <!-- Swiper Slide -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n          <!-- Flashcard -->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-front=\"food miles\" data-back=\"The distance from where a product is grown to where it is eaten.\">\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\">\n                <p><p>food miles <\/p>\n<\/p>\n                <div id=\"flashcard-instruction-block_3f76eb5cb7c8a86ac8dea71808dfe25b\" class=\"flashcard-instruction\">Click to Flip<\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\"><p>The distance from where a product is grown to where it is eaten.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <!-- Swiper Slide -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n          <!-- Flashcard -->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-front=\"food security\" data-back=\"The state of having access at all times to sufficient, nutritionally adequate, and safe foods that meet dietary needs and food preferences.\">\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\">\n                <p><p>food security <\/p>\n<\/p>\n                <div id=\"flashcard-instruction-block_3f76eb5cb7c8a86ac8dea71808dfe25b\" class=\"flashcard-instruction\">Click to Flip<\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\"><p>The state of having access at all times to sufficient, nutritionally adequate, and safe foods that meet dietary needs and food preferences.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <!-- Swiper Slide -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n          <!-- Flashcard -->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-front=\"foodshed\" data-back=\"A geographic area within which the food for a population is produced, transported, and consumed.\">\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\">\n                <p><p>foodshed<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                <div id=\"flashcard-instruction-block_3f76eb5cb7c8a86ac8dea71808dfe25b\" class=\"flashcard-instruction\">Click to Flip<\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\"><p>A geographic area within which the food for a population is produced, transported, and consumed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <!-- Swiper Slide -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n          <!-- Flashcard -->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-front=\"food security\" data-back=\"The state of having access at all times to sufficient, nutritionally adequate, and safe foods that meet dietary needs and food preferences.\">\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\">\n                <p><p>food security <\/p>\n<\/p>\n                <div id=\"flashcard-instruction-block_3f76eb5cb7c8a86ac8dea71808dfe25b\" class=\"flashcard-instruction\">Click to Flip<\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\"><p>The state of having access at all times to sufficient, nutritionally adequate, and safe foods that meet dietary needs and food preferences.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <!-- Swiper Slide -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n          <!-- Flashcard -->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-front=\"food sovereignty\" data-back=\"The right of people to healthy and culturally appropriate food along with their right to define their own food and agriculture systems.\">\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\">\n                <p><p>food sovereignty<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                <div id=\"flashcard-instruction-block_3f76eb5cb7c8a86ac8dea71808dfe25b\" class=\"flashcard-instruction\">Click to Flip<\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\"><p>The right of people to healthy and culturally appropriate food along with their right to define their own food and agriculture systems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <!-- Swiper Slide -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n          <!-- Flashcard -->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-front=\"foraging\" data-back=\"The practice of gathering food found in public or common spaces.\">\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\">\n                <p><p>foraging <\/p>\n<\/p>\n                <div id=\"flashcard-instruction-block_3f76eb5cb7c8a86ac8dea71808dfe25b\" class=\"flashcard-instruction\">Click to Flip<\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\"><p>The practice of gathering food found in public or common spaces.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <!-- Swiper Slide -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n          <!-- Flashcard -->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-front=\"genetically modified organism (GMO)\" data-back=\"An organism whose genetic code has been altered in a way that could not have occurred naturally by mating or recombination.\">\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\">\n                <p><p>genetically modified organism (GMO)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                <div id=\"flashcard-instruction-block_3f76eb5cb7c8a86ac8dea71808dfe25b\" class=\"flashcard-instruction\">Click to Flip<\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\"><p>An organism whose genetic code has been altered in a way that could not have occurred naturally by mating or recombination.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <!-- Swiper Slide -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n          <!-- Flashcard -->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-front=\"gleaning\" data-back=\"The practice of gathering food from leftover crops in farmers\u2019 fields.\">\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\">\n                <p><p>gleaning  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n                <div id=\"flashcard-instruction-block_3f76eb5cb7c8a86ac8dea71808dfe25b\" class=\"flashcard-instruction\">Click to Flip<\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\"><p>The practice of gathering food from leftover crops in farmers\u2019 fields.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <!-- Swiper Slide -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n          <!-- Flashcard -->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-front=\"green revolution\" data-back=\"The intensification of global food production in the mid-twentieth century based on technologies such as fertilizers, pesticides, irrigation, and high-yield crop varieties.\">\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\">\n                <p><p>green revolution<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                <div id=\"flashcard-instruction-block_3f76eb5cb7c8a86ac8dea71808dfe25b\" class=\"flashcard-instruction\">Click to Flip<\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\"><p>The intensification of global food production in the mid-twentieth century based on technologies such as fertilizers, pesticides, irrigation, and high-yield crop varieties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <!-- Swiper Slide -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n          <!-- Flashcard -->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-front=\"homegarden\" data-back=\"A food forest in a tropical region.\">\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\">\n                <p><p>homegarden <\/p>\n<\/p>\n                <div id=\"flashcard-instruction-block_3f76eb5cb7c8a86ac8dea71808dfe25b\" class=\"flashcard-instruction\">Click to Flip<\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\"><p>A food forest in a tropical region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <!-- Swiper Slide -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n          <!-- Flashcard -->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-front=\"industrialized agriculture\" data-back=\"Large-scale farming using fossil fuel-driven machinery, large amounts of irrigation water, synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, and monoculture planting; also known as agribusiness.\">\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\">\n                <p><p>industrialized agriculture<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                <div id=\"flashcard-instruction-block_3f76eb5cb7c8a86ac8dea71808dfe25b\" class=\"flashcard-instruction\">Click to Flip<\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\"><p>Large-scale farming using fossil fuel-driven machinery, large amounts of irrigation water, synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, and monoculture planting; also known as agribusiness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <!-- Swiper Slide -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n          <!-- Flashcard -->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-front=\"irradiation\" data-back=\"A food processing method in which food is exposed to a dose of radiation for the purpose of killing pathogenic bacteria and insects by disrupting their DNA.\">\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\">\n                <p><p>irradiation<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                <div id=\"flashcard-instruction-block_3f76eb5cb7c8a86ac8dea71808dfe25b\" class=\"flashcard-instruction\">Click to Flip<\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\"><p>A food processing method in which food is exposed to a dose of radiation for the purpose of killing pathogenic bacteria and insects by disrupting their DNA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <!-- Swiper Slide -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n          <!-- Flashcard -->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-front=\"monoculture\" data-back=\"The planting of a single crop over a large area.\">\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\">\n                <p><p>monoculture<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                <div id=\"flashcard-instruction-block_3f76eb5cb7c8a86ac8dea71808dfe25b\" class=\"flashcard-instruction\">Click to Flip<\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\"><p>The planting of a single crop over a large area.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <!-- Swiper Slide -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n          <!-- Flashcard -->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-front=\"no-till farming\" data-back=\"An approach to growing crops by planting in undisturbed soil covered by crop residues and other mulch.\">\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\">\n                <p><p>no-till farming <\/p>\n<\/p>\n                <div id=\"flashcard-instruction-block_3f76eb5cb7c8a86ac8dea71808dfe25b\" class=\"flashcard-instruction\">Click to Flip<\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\"><p>An approach to growing crops by planting in undisturbed soil covered by crop residues and other mulch. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <!-- Swiper Slide -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n          <!-- Flashcard -->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" 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