Sustainability Vocabulary

environment; society; economy

• Three pillars of sustainability

• Three points of sustainability

• Three pieces of sustainability

• Three pillows of sustainability

the distance which food has to travel to reach your plate

• transportation time

• food miles

• nutrient mileage

• fuel for food

produced without chemicals or pesticides or synthetic ingredients

• natural

• original

• organic

• local

transaction in which honest, good prices are paid to producers in developing countries

• fair trade

• upright commerce

• good deal

• trustworthy trade

generally recognized to mean that a product only contains ingredients that exist in nature and are not man-made

• fresh

• local food

• organic

• natural

food from our community or neighboring communities; generally from less than 100 miles away

• fresh

• local

• organic

• natural

purchasing products from businesses and farms in your community to stimulate the economy where you live

• buying local

• local supporting

• community shopping

• home economics

turning food scraps into nutrient-rich soil

• trash treatment

• composting

• reusing

• recycling

Tags

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converting waste materials into reusable material

• trash treatment

• composting

• reusing

• recycling

Tags

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agriculture in densely populated areas like cities, rather than only in rural areas

• urban farming

• suburban farming

• rural farming

• city agriculture

Tags

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