Edible Agriculture Crossword

3. To cut, reap, pick, or gather any crop or product of value.
5. A person or store that sells directly to the consumer.
8. Food and Drug Administration The federal agency responsible for monitoring trading and safety standards in the food and drug industry. (initials)
11. A federal government agency that protects public healthic health by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability. (initials)
13. Something that enters as an element into a mixture; a constituent element of anything; component.
14. The best or most favorable point, degree, amount, etc., as of temperature, light, and moisture for the growth or reproduction of an organism.
16. The act or state of being transported; the business of conveying goods.
20. The science of health; the rules or principles of maintaining health in people and animals; sanitation.
21. A person or business that sells to a retailer.
22. An administrative unit of government.

1. A person who uses a product.
2. Single-celled microorganisms; some cause human, animal, or plant diseases; others are beneficial.
4. A person who grows a crop.
6. growth Rising or expanding at a steady and usually rapid rate.
7. The process of identifying a disease by examination and study of its symptoms.
9. A process used to eliminate most microbes from food manufacturing equipment.
10. Capable of producing disease.
12. gelatin-like product of certain seaweeds, used for solidifying certain culture media.
13. An apparatus or chamber that provides favorable environmental conditions for the growth of cultures.
14. A sudden breaking out or occurrence; eruption; a sudden and active manifestation.
15. Disease caused by agents that enter the body through the ingestion of food.
17. Artificial cooling, either by applying ice or by utilizing the principle of the latent heat of evaporation.
18. Any objectionable change in food, feed, or material.
19. Turning raw agricultural products into consumable food.