Sustainable Agriculture
Across
- 2. a product claiming environmental benefits when they are honestly minimal
- 5. agriculture that does not use synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, or hormones
- 9. a process in which excess nutrients in aquatic ecosystems feed biological productivity
- 10. a farming method in which different species are grown together.
- 12. cute fuzzy little critters added to rice paddies to help control aquatic plant growth
- 13. a mixture that contains nutrients to boost plant growth
Down
- 1. the type of selection when humans apply selective pressure to an organism or system
- 3. something that can be used indefinitely because resources are not depleted faster than they are replaced
- 4. a chemical that kills or repels plant or animal pests
- 6. scientific field that considers local ecology and local agricultural knowledge for farming
- 7. crops that live through a single season and need to be planted every year
- 8. a farming method in which a single variety of one crop is planted
- 10. crops that live through several seasons, and are harvested without replanting every year
- 11. an insect that can be released as a biological control to eat aphids