| livestock | farm animals; domestic animals raised for their working ability or for their value as a source of food and other products |
| famine | lack of food in a place; time of starving |
| temperate | not very hot, and not very cold |
| Thomas Malthus | English economist: Said that population tends to increase more rapidly than food supplies |
| calorie | a unit of the energy supplied by food |
| protein | a substance that is a necessary part of the cells of animals and plants |
| legume | a plant which bears pods containing a number of seeds |
| pulses | the seeds of a group of plants, such as peas, beans, and lentils, used as food |
| cereal grains | corn, wheat, rice, and other grasses |
| food reserves | help prevent shortages after poor farming years |
| fertilizer | manure, or any organic substance, or a chemical that makes soil richer in plant foods when it is spread over or put into soil |
| per capita | for each person |
| Green Revolution | term used to describe the transformation of agriculture in many developing nations that led to significant increases in agricultural production between the 1940s and 1960s |
| feed lot | a type of concentrated animal feeding operation |
| soybean | used in making flour and oil and as a food |
| forage | to hunt or search for food |
| UN | United Nations |
| FAO | Food and Agricultural Organization |
| aquaculture | the raising of plants or animals, such as fish or shellfish, in or at the bottom of the sea, a lake, a river, or other body of water |
| malnourished | improperly nourished |
| nutrients | a nourishing substance |