Glossary
What Do We Mean When We Say...
Certified Organic - Food that has been USDA certified to be raised free of pesticides, hormones and sub-therapeutic antibiotics.
Chemical Free - Crops (including produce and animal feed) grown entirely without the use of chemicals.
Conventional Agriculture - A resource intensive agricultural system, relying heavily on machinery and chemicals to raise crops and livestock.
Free-Range/Free-Roaming - Animals that have been raised for all of their lives in systems where they may freely move about in an unrestrained manner.
Grass-Fed - Animals that have been raised entirely on grass and are fed little or no grain. This term applies specifically to ruminant animals like cows that are meant to eat grass.
Hormone & Antibiotic Free - Animals that have been raised
without the use
of growth hormones or sub-therapeutic antibiotics.
Locally Grown - Farm products raised within approx. a 150-mile
radius of
Philadelphia.
Pasture-Raised/Pastured - Animals that have never been confined to a feedlot or feeding floor and have had continuous and unconfined access to pasture throughout their lives.
Sustainable Agriculture - A holistic method of agricultural production and distribution that strives to be ecologically sound, economically viable and socially just for present and future generations.
Value-Added Products - Farm products that have been processed
in some way such as jam, jelly, pickles and pies.
