Exploring Health and Environmental Costs of Food: Workshop Summary (2012)
Chapter: Appendix D: Abbreviations and Acronyms
Appendix D
Abbreviations and Acronyms
| ARS |
Agricultural Research Service |
| CAFO |
concentrated animal feeding operation |
| CDC |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CEAP |
Conservation Effects Assessment Project |
| CPI |
Consumer Price Index |
| EBT |
Electronic Benefits Transfer |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| FDA |
Food and Drug Administration |
| FMPP |
Farmers’ Market Promotion Program |
| FOWEL |
FOwl WELfare |
| GHG |
greenhouse gas |
| GRACENET |
Greenhouse gas Reduction through Agricultural Carbon Enhancement network |
| HCSN |
Healthy Corner Stores Network |
| HIA |
health impact assessment |
| IO-LCA |
input-output life cycle assessment |
| IOM |
Institute of Medicine |
| LCA |
life cycle assessment |
| LTAR |
Long-Term Agro-Ecosystem Research |
| LTER |
Long-Term Ecological Research Network |
| MA |
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment |
| NEON |
National Ecological Observatory Network |
| NRC |
National Research Council |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation |
| NSLP |
National School Lunch Program |
| QALY |
quality-adjusted life year |
| SBP |
School Breakfast Program |
| SBP |
systolic blood pressure |
| SNAP |
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program |
| SOWEL |
SOw WELfare |
| VOLY |
value of a statistical life year |
| VSL |
value of a statistical life |
| WIC |
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children |
| WTP |
willingness to pay |
