condition in which food energy intake exceeds energy use and causes excess body fat

condition where affected individuals do not get enough protein and other key nutrients

these are financial gifts handed out by the government

access to enough safe, nutritious foods for a healthy lifestyle

process of increasing crop production through industrialized agriculture

method of low input agriculture characterized by the reliance on human labor and draft animals

growing crops without the use of synthetic pesticides, synthetic inorganic fertilizers, and genetic engineering and raising livestock on natural feed without the use of antibiotics or growth hormones

lack of access to nutritious food

cultivation of a single crop usually on a large area of land

growing and harvesting of fish for human use in freshwater ponds, lakes, reservoirs, rice paddies, and in underwater cages in coastal and deeper ocean waters

growing several different crops on the same plot simultaneously with the use of solar energy and natural fertilizers

soil underlying all forests, grassland, and croplands that stores and purifies water and supplies most of the nutrients needed for plant growth

condition when the productive potential of topsoil falls by ten percent or more due to bad farming practices, drought, and climate change; can lead to desert like conditions

gradual accumulation of salts in upper soil layers that can stunt crop growth, lower crop yields, and eventually kill plants and ruin the land

the genetic variety of animal and plant species used on farms to produce food

any species that interferes with human welfare by eating society’s food, invading homes, destroying building materials and gardens, spreading disease, invading ecosystems, or simply being a nuisance

chemical used to kill or control populations of organisms considered undesirable

program designed to reduce crop damage to an economically tolerable level with minimal use of synthetic pesticides by evaluating each crop and its pests as part of an ecosystem

methods used to reduce topsoil erosion and restore soil fertility

organic material such as animal manure, green manure, and compost applied to cropland as a source of plant nutrients

mixture of inorganic plant nutrients applied to the soil to restore fertility and increase crop yields

system of growing crops in water fertilized with the waste of farmed fish or other aquatic animals