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a generic term that refers to the various businesses involved in the food production (including farming, seed supply, agrichemicals, farm machinery, wholesale and distribution, processing, marketing and retail sales)
agribusiness can be considered negative when looked at from the prospective of it being part of the corporate farming while it can be considered positive when looking at it from the industy itself |
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| modern form of farming which refers to the the industrialized production of livestock, poultry, fish and crops |
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develop a science for every job, including rules motion, standardized work implements, and proper working conditions
carefully select workers with in the right abilities for the job
train the workers for the job, giving them incentive to complete work effiently and correctly
support these workers by planning their work |
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| condensing the number of farms to a small number of farms so that |
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| the mixing of several foods in order to create a new string or taste |
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| contains a gene or genes which have been artificially inserted instead of the plant acquiring them through pollination |
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| choosing to eat what you want to eat ignoring the ethical and political implications of that choice |
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| part of the consumption habits which distinguish an alternative food system |
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| eating from local stores, taking into consideration what you are choosing to eat |
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| the export or organic vegetables produced in the Global South to the Global North |
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| the notion that we should live as close as possible to the land and to learn about its cpacities and limits in producing certain foods |
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