ROOM AT THE TABLE - Intersight - University at Buffalo

opposed to the use of such methods in “traditional farming.”
United States legal and international standards may be used
for guidelines in farming organically.
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ownership over a farm, that includes family partnerships, of
under ten stockholders, where only one partner functions as
the overall operator.
!" Poverty Level Individuals earning less than $11,161
annually, or a family of four including two children earning
below $21,756 annually.
!" Recommended Daily Allowance Also known as RDA,
Recommended Daily Allowances are standards of healthy
proportions of the different food groups (dairy, protein,
fruits, grains, and vegetables) consumed daily, according to
the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
!" Retirement Lands Portions of land owned by farmers that
they are considering to section off and sell to developers, in
the interests of providing retirement funds.
!" Self­Reliance Proportion of the amount of food that can
be produced locally, compared with the amount of food
demanded for consumption in that same locality. The more
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demand, the greater the self­reliance of that area.
!" Small Scale Food Processing More individualized food
processing units, like operations taking place in residences,
typically taking the form of canning for food preservation,
but also including drying, smoking, and fermenting of food.
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!" Supermarket Stores that employ over 50 employees at an
individual location, that are generally not locally owned and
operated.
!" Very Low Food Security A condition in which normal eating
patterns of one or more household members are disrupted
and food intake is reduced at times during a year because
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