ELA 8-1 Choice board crossword

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Across
  1. 2. When the government pays farms when certain commodity prices are low or when it is bought by the government and then the government sells that to foreign governments.
  2. 3. concentrated animal feeding operation which is a large feedlot to fatten animals before slaughter
  3. 7. more than enough; plentiful
  4. 10. a cultivated plant that is grown as food, especially a grain, fruit, or vegetable
  5. 12. excessive acidity of body fluids
  6. 14. Farming with the aim of producing as much produce as possible, using fertilisers, pesticides, thousands of animals packed in tight spaces, and given anti-biotics
  7. 15. The process of making new products from materials that were used in another product.
Down
  1. 1. This food is grown on large industrial farms, but with only natural fertilizers, and natural bug and weed control. It is sold in the same way as industrial food.
  2. 4. animals, especially poultry, that range freely for food, rather than being confined in an enclosure
  3. 5. very large portion of fast food
  4. 6. a type of food that is produced without pesticides, bioengineering, or high-energy radiation
  5. 8. the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.
  6. 9. any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile
  7. 11. agriculture conducted on commercial principles, especially using advanced technology.
  8. 13. crops that carry new traits that have been inserted through advanced genetic engineering methods