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- 3. cropping a low-impact farming system that combines both grazing and cropping into one system.
- 4. to which it is not directly related.
- 6. farming a way of growing crops or pasture from year to year without disturbing the soil through tillage
- 7. rotation the system of growing a different crop in a field each year to preserve the fertility of the land
- 9. organisms organisms produced as a result of genetic modification in which the DNA from a plant or animal is transferred to another plant or
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- 1. food a food produced without the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, or growth hormones
- 2. removing or inserting one or more new genes to improve its characteristics. Genetic modification can take place within the same species or it can be transgenic.
- 5. farming Farming practices that conserve the soil and the capacity of the soil to retain water, thereby improving the conditions for plant
- 8. Modification (GM) A process that alters the genetic material of plants or animals by