Re-Defining Food Crossword!
Across
- 2. A species of bacterium normally present in intestinal tract of humans and other animals; sometimes pathogenic; can be a threat to food safety.
- 5. A plant or animal that has been genetically engineered with DNA from bacteria, viruses or other plants and animals.
- 6. A diagrammatic representation of recommended portions of basic food groups.
- 9. A large chemical company that was started in St Louis in 1901 and is now one of the largest producers in the world of chemicals for use in agriculture
Down
- 1. The use of land for growing only ONE type of crop.
- 3. The federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862.
- 4. The business or industry of farming or agriculture : farming thought of as a large business.
- 6. A federal agency responsible for monitoring trading and safety standards in the food and drug industries.
- 7. A substance used for destroying insects or other organisms harmful to cultivated plants or to animals.
- 8. An animal feeding operation (AFO) that: (a) confines animals for more than 45 days during a growing season, (b) in an area that does not produce vegetation, and (c) meets certain size thresholds.