Agricultural Food Processing

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Production

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Growing the plants we harvest or raising the animals we use for food.

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Processing

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Changing plants or animals into what we recognize as food.

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Distribution

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Process of getting food from the farm or processing plant to the consumer or food service facility.

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Preparation

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Getting food ready to eat.

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Germination

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Process by which a plant grows from a seed.

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Pollination

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Reproduction process in which pollen grains are carried from plant to plant.

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United States Department of Agriculture

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Also known as the USDA; government agency which oversees the application of safety, animal welfare, and quality standards of agricultural processes.

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Sustainability

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Utilization of resources to make them last for an extended period of time.

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Multicropping

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Method of planting multiple crops on one piece of land.

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Crop Rotation

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Practice of varying successive crops in the same field.