Across
- 2. means any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or process for specific use
- 4. use of little labor and capital to increase agricultural productivity
- 8. expenditure of much labor and capital on a piece of land to increase its productivity
- 9. characteristic of farmers or their way of life
- 10. the cultivation of aquatic organisms (as shellfish or fish) especially for food
- 11. a second crop is planted after the first has been harvested
- 12. term used to describe large scale farming and ranching operations that employ vast land bases, large mechanized equipment, factory-type labor forces, and the lastest technology
- 15. a factory like a farm devoted to either livestock fattening or dairying, all feed is imported and no crops are grown on the farm
Down
- 1. regards a system of agricultural organization whereas farm laborers are not compensated via wages
- 3. the feeding relationships between a species in biotic community
- 5. changes made to the environment, the use of pesticides to grow crops and the effects it has on the soil and environment
- 6. highly mechanized, large-scale farming, usually under corporate ownership
- 7. the cultural landscape of agricultural areas
- 13. the practice of rotating use different fields from crop to crop each year
- 14. the cultivation of domesticated crops and the raising of domesticated animals