Farm to Plate

3. government agency which monitors the production and distribution of all food products except meat and poultry
5. remove from or to reduce the size of a herd
7. materials which extinguish various agricultural pests, including weeds and insects
10. practice of varying successive crops in the same field
11. keep in confinement or to keep isolated
13. process of getting food from the farm or processing plant to the consumer or food service facility
15. reproduction process in which pollen grains are carried from plant to plant
16. public health agency accountable for food safety
17. practice involving growing two or more crops in the same field
19. covering the ground with compost to prevent evaporation or erosion
20. giving manufacturers exclusive rights to a process, design or new invention
22. documented steps which must be followed in the food industry to ensure proper cleaning of product contact and non-contact surfaces
23. organism which has been modified genetically for better quality
24. food items grown without the use of pesticides, antibiotics or growth hormones; controlled by USDA standards

1. getting food ready to eat
2. growing the plans we harvest or raising the animals we use for food
4. crop plants which were grown in the past and have been bred to be adapted to a specific environment
6. government agency which oversees the application of safety, animal welfare and quality standards of agricultural processes
8. utilization of resources to make them last for an extended period of time
9. the period it takes for an antibiotic to leave an animal's system
10. antibiotics which have not completely left the animals' system before slaughter
12. method of planting multiple crops on one piece of land
14. process by which a plant grows from a seed
18. changing plants or animals into what we recognize as food
21. infectious diseases of animals which can be transferred to humans