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Lex Icons is an extensive, open-source collection of icons that help explain key terms and principles that define global food systems. You can view a selection of our icons here and on The Noun Project, the world’s largest repository for open-source icons.

All Lex Icons designers own their work but have granted the royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide right of usage of their work to thelexicon.org under a Creative Commons 4.0 license. Licensees (you) are allowed to share (copy and redistribute Lex Icons in any medium or format) or adapt (remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially). The licensor (us) cannot revoke these freedoms as long as the licensee follows these license terms.

Attribution: You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to this web page, and indicate if any changes have been made to these Lex Icons. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

Note: You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything this license permits.

Finally, these Lex Icons are cool, but the designers of each icon reserve the merchandising rights for their work. This means that merchandise that use these Lex Icons as designs (as opposed to describing some other product), must be negotiated with the icons’ designers. For example, t-shirts, hats, clothing, and other merchandise that only feature a Lex Icon, itself, cannot be sold without permission from the designers.

That’s it! If you have any additional questions, feel free to reach out the Lex Icons team here.

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All Lex Icons designers own their work but have granted the royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide right of usage of their work to thelexicon.org under a Creative Commons 4.0 license. Licensees (you) are allowed to share (copy and redistribute Lex Icons in any medium or format) or adapt (remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially). The licensor (us) cannot revoke these freedoms as long as the licensee follows these license terms.

Attribution: You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to this web page, and indicate if any changes have been made to these Lex Icons. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

Note: You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything this license permits.

Finally, these Lex Icons are cool, but the designers of each icon reserve the merchandising rights for their work. This means that merchandise that use these Lex Icons as designs (as opposed to describing some other product), must be negotiated with the icons’ designers. For example, t-shirts, hats, clothing, and other merchandise that only feature a Lex Icon, itself, cannot be sold without permission from the designers.

That’s it! If you have any additional questions, feel free to reach out the Lex Icons team here.

Born from an unprecedented global collaboration between hundreds of designers and agrifood system experts, Lex Icons contains visual representations of foundational terms and concepts in key thematic areas, from nutrition to food security, food waste to regenerative agriculture. This open-source collection is made freely available as a Public Domain resource for use by international NGOs, food companies large and small, as well as government agencies. Learn more here.

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Solidarity Economy

Solidarity economy refers to a wide range of economic activities that aim to prioritize social profitability instead of purely financial profits in a local economy. One distinguishing feature is that governance and decision-making are more shared and collaborative..

Cameron Ward

USA

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Renewable Energy

Energy that has been derived from earth's natural resources that are not finite or exhaustible, such as wind and sunlight. It is an alternative to the traditional energy that relies on fossil fuels, and it tends to be much less harmful to the environment. Other types of renewable energy include hydroelectric, geothermal, ocean, Hydrogen, etc.

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USA

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Pollinator Friendly

Native plants that may serve as sources of nectar or pollen for adult pollinators, or plants that host larva. Some plants and flower shapes attract specific pollinators with deep or complex flowers.

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USA

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Precision Fermentation

Modern industrial fermentation, combined with biotechnology, to build upon natural biological processes to turn microflora into tiny factories that make specific, useful molecules.

Emily VanderMey

USA

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CO2 Emissions

Carbon dioxide emissions are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include carbon dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels and gas flaring.

Hessa Sulaiman Ali

United Arab Emirates

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Restore Cultural Identity

Cultural identity is the identity of belonging to a group. It is part of a person’s self-conception and self-perception and is related to nationality, ethnicity, religion, social class, generation, locality or any kind of social group that has its own distinct culture.

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Increased Biodiversity

Diversifying the range of plant and animal species or habitats available at a site. This can be acheived through the adoption of practices such as sustainable agriculture practices which support a diverse environment.

Sarah Stern

USA

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Abattoir

A facility where animals are slaughtered for human consumption.

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Turkey

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Academia

The environment or community concerned with the pursuit of research, education, and scholarship.

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Brazil

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Academia

Access for Underrepresented Communities

Undeserved communities are groups that have limited or no access to resources or that are otherwise disenfranchised.

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Italy

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Access to Pasture

Providing animals (herbivores) unrestricted access to pasture, range or cropland to consume forage (or living plants), except during extreme weather events.

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Turkey

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Access to Pasture

Acre 1-2k

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USA

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Acre 1-2k

Acre 10-49

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USA

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Acre 10-49

Acre 180-499

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Acre 180-499

Acre 2k+

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Acre 2k+

Acre 50-179

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Acre 500-999

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Adaptation

Any adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities. It involves taking action so that we can be more resilient to our current climate, less susceptible to the impacts of future climate change and in a position to take advantage of opportunities.

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Colombia

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Adaptation

Adaptation Capacity

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Colombia

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Adaptive Mechanism

Mechanisms allow for mutually-agreed upon changes in practices or methodologies by stewards and/or MRV actors to reflect new approaches or technologies that better serve the project objectives and stewards’ needs. Describe how they relate to each benefit.

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USA

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Additionality

Additionality, in the context of EBF, refers to the concept of measuring the additional or incremental impact of a particular action or project beyond what would have occurred in the absence of that action or project. It assesses whether the outcomes achieved are truly additional and can be attributed to the specific intervention being evaluated.

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Italy

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Additionality

Additionality Assessment

Assessing whether a carbon project’s emission reductions or removals are additional to what would have occurred in the absence of the project to establish eligibility in carbon markets.

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Italy

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Additionality Juli Panchani

Additionality, in the context of EBF, refers to the concept of measuring the additional or incremental impact of a particular action or project beyond what would have occurred in the absence of that action or project. It assesses whether the outcomes achieved are truly additional and can be attributed to the specific intervention being evaluated.

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Adequate Darkness

Minimum of 6 hours of continuous darkness for all animals.

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Ukraine

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Adequate Living Conditions (Workers)

The right of Workers to an adequate standard of living.

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Ukraine

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Adequate Living Conditions (Workers)

Affordability

The cost or price of something is accessible.

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Indonesia

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Affordability

Affordability

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USA

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Affordability

Afforestation

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USA

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Afforestation

Agar

Natural water soluble galactose based or gelatin like polysaccharides extracted from seaweed that used as food additive, emulsifiying, stabilizing and forming gel agent

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Turkey

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Agricultural Intensification

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Mexico

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Agrobiodiversity

Agrobiodiversity is the result of natural selection processes and the careful selection and inventive developments of farmers, herders and fishers over millennia. Agrobiodiversity is a vital sub-set of biodiversity.

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Agroecology

“The study of the relation of agricultural crops and environment. Agroecology is a holistic approach that seeks to reconcile agriculture and local communities with natural processes for the common benefit of nature and livelihoods. It is inherently multidisciplinary, including sciences such as agronomy, ecology, environmental science, sociology, economics, history and others. “

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Mexico

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Agroecology

Agroforestry

The intentional integration of trees and shrubs into crop and animal farming systems, including hedgerows, windbreaks, and silvopasture.

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Turkey

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Agroforestry

Agroforestry 2

The intentional integration of trees and shrubs into crop and animal farming systems, including hedgerows, windbreaks, and silvopasture.

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Air Quality

A critical resource for life on earth. Air must be monitored to control and lower pollution levels, reduce dust and PM emissions, and ensure healthy air quality overall. Air pollution can impair visibility, harm human health, discourage plant growth, pollute water sources, and leach nutrients from soil.

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Turkey

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Air Quality

Air Quality Modeling

Application of air quality models and simulation tools to estimate pollutant concentrations, predict dispersion patterns, and assess the impact of emissions on air quality.

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Italy

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Airborne Sampling

Collection of air samples using aircraft or drones equipped with sampling instruments to measure pollutant levels at various altitudes and locations.

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Italy

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Alcohol

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USA

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Alcohol

Algal Bloom

Algae are a large group of plant-like organisms usually found in water. Algal blooms occur when algae multiply very quickly. Blooms can form in waters that are rich in the nutrients the algae need to grow, such as nitrogen, phosphorous, and iron.

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USA

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Algal Bloom

Alley Cropping

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Alternative Assessment

Assessment on the conformity of farming practices and management against determined principle with use of alternative options for verification bodies to certify the performance to producers

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Turkey

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Alternative Assessment

Alternative Fish Feed

Fish feeds which are not plant or wild fish based have greater sustainability potential and are being developed from ingredients such as microalgae or black soldier fly larvae.

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Ukraine

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Alternative Fish Feed

Alternative Protein

A source of protein that does not come from a conventional meat product

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USA

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Ambient Air Monitoring

Measurement and monitoring of air pollutants in the ambient environment through monitoring stations or networks.

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Italy

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Anaerobic Fermentation

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India

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Animal Donor

The animal that provides the biopsy for cell collection.

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Italy

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Animal Donor

Animal Feed

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India

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Animal Feed

Animal Fibers

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Animal Fibers

Animal Free

Animals are not raised for meat consumption.

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USA

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Animal Free

Animal Grazing

Providing animals (herbivores) access to pasture, range or cropland to consume forage (or living plants) as a weed management strategy.

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Animal Grazing

Animal Protein

Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues.

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Turkey

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Animal Sacrifice

In the alternative protein context, animal sacrifice is the one that the animal make by being slaughtered or providing cells for the in vitro production of meat.

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Italy

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Animal Welfare

Well-being of non-human animals.

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Animal Welfare

Animal Welfare Training

Livestock welfare and handling training that extends beyond required compliance trainings.

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Turkey

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Anti-inflammatory

The property of a treatment or substance to reduce redness, swelling, and pain (inflammation). Diets in aquaculture are essential to maintaining this state in fish health and prevent the use of antibiotics and other medications to reduce inflammation that can be caused due to high pen density or other aquaculture complications.

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Brazil

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Anti-inflammatory

Anti-Microbials / Anti-Parasitics

Substances which inhibit the growth of microorganisms related to spoilage.

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Antibiotic-Free

No antibiotics administered throughout the entire production line

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USA

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Antibiotic-Free

Antibiotic-Free Crops

No antibiotics sprayed on crops.

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Turkey

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Antibiotic-Free Crops

Apple Juice

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Appropriate Siting

Permitted and evaluated siting location that adhere to local regulations which chozen to allow optimize production while avoid and minimize environmental impacts and conflicts with a wide array of other resource uses.

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Appropriate Technology

Appropriate Technology refers to the calculated and appropriate use of machinery and technology, usually denoting a minimal use of mechanical devices and machinery that use energy and may create disturbances. This can also be exemplified by the use of only appropriate technologies for work.

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Italy

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Aquaculture Improvement Projects (AIPs)

Continuous step by step improvement programs created by non profit organizations and/or affiliated entities to aquaculture producers with support of multi-stakeholders that adheres to the long term roadmap to improve practices, production, social economic benefit and resource management.

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