Title: Unit 8 Glossary
Course: WVA 103 Fermentation Methods > Section: WVA 103 Fermentation Methods

Unit 8 Glossary

Terms

Term | Definitions
Food miles | is a term which refers to the distance food is transported from the time of its production until it reaches the consumer. Food miles are one factor used when assessing the environmental impact of ...
Fossil Fuels | are formed by natural processes such as anaerobic decomposition of buried dead organisms. The age of the organisms and their resulting fossil fuels is typically millions of years, and sometimes ex ...
Seasonal | Food Seasonality refers to the growing season of a specific food in regards to flavor and time of harvest. Seasonality within a growing season refers to what is freshest and abundantly available w ...
Sustainable | Conservation of environmental resources through methods that maintain the ecological, economic, social mechanism, functions, and integrity of agricultural systems for multi-generational use.
Value-Added | refers to "extra" feature(s) of an item of interest (product, service, person etc.) that go beyond the standard expectations and provide something "more" while adding little or nothing to its cost ...
Waterfoot Printing | The Water Footprint of a product is the volume of freshwater appropriated to produce the product, taking into account the volumes of water consumed and polluted in the different steps of the suppl ...