Thomas Food From the Land flash cards

Set: Thomas Food From the Land

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	Term	Definition
	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
	nutrients	a nourishing substance
	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

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