1Global Food Vocabulary from Food Atlas of the Netherlands chapters 1-8
You need to explain the words in English
Chapter 1 Feeding the world
1. Soil fertility (bodemvruchtbaarheid)
Soil which is fertile by active agriculture will produce high amounts and mostly high
quality food.
2. Food availability (voedselbeschikbaarheid)
The amount of food which is available to eat.
3. Domestically grown produce (in eigen land geteelde producten)
Products that are produced in your own country.
4. Abundance of food (overvloed aan voedsel)
The production of food is higher than the amount that is consumed.
5. A global network of suppliers (een wereldwijd netwerk van leveranciers)
A worldwide connection between food producers.
6. Shelf label (planklabel)
A label for a shelf to administer what product is standing where.
7. Sustainability labels (duurzame labels)
Labels that point out a product is good for the environment
8. Environmental impacts (impact op het milieu)
The impact of a product (food and non-food) on our environment.
9. Arable and livestock farming (akkerbouw en veeteelt)
The production of food made possible by the use of breeding and selling livestock or
by agriculture.
10. Increased yields (verhoogde opbrengsten)
Increased financial situation
11. Agricultural acreage (een geselecteerd gebied vruchtbaar maken)
Making a section of an area fertile
12. Recent decades (recente decennia)
Like 19th centery
13. Food scarcity (voedselschaarste)
The amount food produced is not equal to the demand.
14. Fodder (voer)
Food for animals
15. Inhabitants (inwoners)
Residents /population
16. To eradicate poverty (om armoede uit te roeien)
To solve money problems
17. Prosperity (welvaart)
A status of a country wich means it’s doing well in terms of economics and its civil
state.
18. daily nourishment (dagelijkse voeding)
Diet, daily food
19. famine (hongersnood)
Malnutrition in a far state
20. malnutrition (ondervoeding)
Less food than needed, body craves for food
, 21. perpetual problems (eeuwige problemen)
Problems that do not get solved easely
22. plagues of locusts (sprinkhanenplagen)
To suffer from locusts/insects
23. stunted growth (groeiachterstand)
When a child does not grow like needed and stays small
24. wholemeal bread (volkoren brood)
Bread with a lot of fibres
25. wheat (tarwe)
Raw material used for a lot of food
Chapter 2 Food production
1. Livestock farming (veehouderij)
A farm which trades and breeds livestock for the production of meat.
2. Pasture (weiland)
A piece of land which is measured using acres, mostly used for the growth of grass of
to let live stock roam free.
3. Poultry (pluimvee)
Animals with feathers and in most cases it reveres to chicken.
4. Veal (kalfsvlees)
Meat taken from slaughtering a young cow.
5. To make ends meet (eindjes aan elkaar knopen)
Mostly an expression used in the economical world, meaning; to make financial
decisions at moments where there aren’t much resources.
6. Horticultural crops (tuinbouwgewassen)
Food produced on the land
7. Greenhouses (kassen)
A way of producing food without interference of the local climate.
8. Nurseries (kwekerijen)
Farms dedicated to breeding animals or growing plants.
9. Perennial crops (meerjarige gewassen)
Crops like trees that are just seeded once and survive for a couple of years
10. Rye (rogge)
A ingredient mostly used in bourbon
11. Oats (haver)
Fodder for farm animals
12. Propagation material (uitgangsmateriaal)
13. Desirable traits (gewenste eigenschappen)
Characteristics that people would like to see
14. Global player (wereldspeler)
Product or business that sells worldwide
15. Annual turnover (jaaromzet)
Profit around one year
16. The same species (dezelfde rassen/soorten)
Similor species like breeds
17. Large surpluses (grote overschotten)
You need to explain the words in English
Chapter 1 Feeding the world
1. Soil fertility (bodemvruchtbaarheid)
Soil which is fertile by active agriculture will produce high amounts and mostly high
quality food.
2. Food availability (voedselbeschikbaarheid)
The amount of food which is available to eat.
3. Domestically grown produce (in eigen land geteelde producten)
Products that are produced in your own country.
4. Abundance of food (overvloed aan voedsel)
The production of food is higher than the amount that is consumed.
5. A global network of suppliers (een wereldwijd netwerk van leveranciers)
A worldwide connection between food producers.
6. Shelf label (planklabel)
A label for a shelf to administer what product is standing where.
7. Sustainability labels (duurzame labels)
Labels that point out a product is good for the environment
8. Environmental impacts (impact op het milieu)
The impact of a product (food and non-food) on our environment.
9. Arable and livestock farming (akkerbouw en veeteelt)
The production of food made possible by the use of breeding and selling livestock or
by agriculture.
10. Increased yields (verhoogde opbrengsten)
Increased financial situation
11. Agricultural acreage (een geselecteerd gebied vruchtbaar maken)
Making a section of an area fertile
12. Recent decades (recente decennia)
Like 19th centery
13. Food scarcity (voedselschaarste)
The amount food produced is not equal to the demand.
14. Fodder (voer)
Food for animals
15. Inhabitants (inwoners)
Residents /population
16. To eradicate poverty (om armoede uit te roeien)
To solve money problems
17. Prosperity (welvaart)
A status of a country wich means it’s doing well in terms of economics and its civil
state.
18. daily nourishment (dagelijkse voeding)
Diet, daily food
19. famine (hongersnood)
Malnutrition in a far state
20. malnutrition (ondervoeding)
Less food than needed, body craves for food
, 21. perpetual problems (eeuwige problemen)
Problems that do not get solved easely
22. plagues of locusts (sprinkhanenplagen)
To suffer from locusts/insects
23. stunted growth (groeiachterstand)
When a child does not grow like needed and stays small
24. wholemeal bread (volkoren brood)
Bread with a lot of fibres
25. wheat (tarwe)
Raw material used for a lot of food
Chapter 2 Food production
1. Livestock farming (veehouderij)
A farm which trades and breeds livestock for the production of meat.
2. Pasture (weiland)
A piece of land which is measured using acres, mostly used for the growth of grass of
to let live stock roam free.
3. Poultry (pluimvee)
Animals with feathers and in most cases it reveres to chicken.
4. Veal (kalfsvlees)
Meat taken from slaughtering a young cow.
5. To make ends meet (eindjes aan elkaar knopen)
Mostly an expression used in the economical world, meaning; to make financial
decisions at moments where there aren’t much resources.
6. Horticultural crops (tuinbouwgewassen)
Food produced on the land
7. Greenhouses (kassen)
A way of producing food without interference of the local climate.
8. Nurseries (kwekerijen)
Farms dedicated to breeding animals or growing plants.
9. Perennial crops (meerjarige gewassen)
Crops like trees that are just seeded once and survive for a couple of years
10. Rye (rogge)
A ingredient mostly used in bourbon
11. Oats (haver)
Fodder for farm animals
12. Propagation material (uitgangsmateriaal)
13. Desirable traits (gewenste eigenschappen)
Characteristics that people would like to see
14. Global player (wereldspeler)
Product or business that sells worldwide
15. Annual turnover (jaaromzet)
Profit around one year
16. The same species (dezelfde rassen/soorten)
Similor species like breeds
17. Large surpluses (grote overschotten)
