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| 204146255 | E. Coli | bacteria that cause diarrhea | |
| 204146256 | salmonella | bacteria that cause certain kinds of food poisoning | |
| 204146257 | listeria | bacteria that cause listeriosis, a potentially fatal disease in humans | |
| 204146258 | cooperative venture | a project (in this case, a cow) that is owned by several people or organizations | |
| 204146259 | state | here, the government at any level (such as town, county, state, or country | |
| 204146260 | dynamism | energy or power | |
| 204146261 | agency | in theories of social behavior, the ability of "social actors" (individuals) to act freely without constraint | |
| 204146262 | commodity-driven | here, treating food only as something to be bought and sold | |
| 204146263 | repertoire | the total of items making up a range of things (here, the alternative network) | |
| 204146264 | direct marketing | selling directly from the producer to the buyer | |
| 204146265 | fair trade | an agreement that agricultural producers will be paid a fair price, often one that enables them to earn a living wage | |
| 204146266 | food box schemes | programs whereby customers agree to purchase a box of vegetables and fruits grown by a nearby farmer on a regular basis; the contents of the box are determined by availability, not customer choice | |
| 204146267 | paradigm | here, framework or system | |
| 204146268 | antidisparagement laws | laws against public questioning of the safety of a food product without scientific evidence to support the claim | |
| 204146269 | CAFO | confined animal feeding operation; farm that raises animals for consumption and confines them in large numbers in very small spaces (a subcategory of factory farming) | |
| 204146270 | aquatic "feedlots" | confined spaces wehere fish are farmed commercially | |
| 204146271 | mad cow disease | the popular name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), a degenerative disease in cattle. Most scientists believe that it can be transmitted to humans who head the brain or spinal cord of cows infected with BSE | |
| 204146272 | biopiracy | the corporate funded development of organic materials (such as plants and genetic material) gathered from a group or country that is is not fairly compensated for the potential value of the material | |
| 204146273 | transnational | across national boundaries | |
| 204146274 | World Trade Organization (WTO) | an international organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, that governs matters related to world trade. over 95 percent of the world's countries are members | |
| 204146275 | contest | here, a struggle, controversy, or strife | |
| 204146276 | reflexivity | here, reflection on one's actions and their consequences | |
| 204146277 | attendant | accompanying | |
| 204146278 | segmentation | a division in to segments or parts | |
| 204146279 | social structure | organization of society in to groups (such as social classes or ethnic or religious groups), patterns of behavior (such as how food is prepared), and social institutions (such as marriage, religion, or political systems) | |
| 204146280 | structuralist | relating to a mid-twentieth-century theory that social structures determine behavior and that humans have limited ability to act freely | |
| 204146281 | generate | to create using existing materials and patterns of behavior | |
| 204146282 | collective | group | |
| 204146283 | exponents | as exponents versus mathematically (3 x 3 vs. 3+3) | |
| 204146284 | quiescense | motionlessness, inactivity | |
| 204146285 | affluence | wealth | |
| 204146286 | postmaterialist | (literally, "after materialist") Postmaterialist theories suggest that people who have satisfied material needs (like food and lodging) can develop values like free speech and participatory democracy | |
| 204146287 | food insecurity | in many government contexts, a term that has replaced hunger | |
| 204146288 | developing economies | the industrializing countries of asia, africa, and central and south america, many of which were colonized well into the twentieth century | |
| 204146289 | transitional economies | countries that are moving from a centralized, state-controlled economy to a free-market system. examples include china, vietnam, much of central and eastern europe, and nations that were formerly part of the soviet union | |
| 204146290 | multifaceted | many-faced or taking many forms | |
| 204146291 | social movement | an initially informal effort of individuals to change a social or political situation. recent political movements in the United States include the civil rights movement, the women's rights movement, the gay rights movement, and the anti-abortion movement | |
| 204146292 | consensus frame | a way of defining a problem that assumes that all stakeholders (those who have something at stake in the problem) agree on some aspects of the issues | |
| 204146293 | stewardship | responsible caretaking | |
| 204146294 | reciprocity | a mutual exchange, often of rights and obligations | |
| 204146295 | incubating | here, creating slowly and carefully | |
| 204146296 | portend | to foretell or predict | |
| 204146297 | resistance | an opposition to the current way of doing things or to those in power | |
| 204146298 | atomized | broken in to its smallest units or parts | |
| 204146299 | social capital | network of relationships that can be exploited for personal gain (such as meeting people who might later help you ) | |
| 204146300 | productionist-centered | focused on issues of production rather than issues of consumption, ecology, and so on | |
| 204146301 | function | here, a result | |
| 204146302 | paramount | of chief importance |
