Across
- 1. The process of covering fruits (and, in some cases vegetables) with artificial waxing material
- 4. A raw material or primary agricultural product that can be brought and sold, such as copper or coffee.
- 9. Dry, single-seeded fruits that have high oil content
- 10. A plant, animal, or microorganism that has had its genetic material changes using technology that generally involves the specific modification of DNA, including the transfer of specific DNA from one organism to another
- 12. Is a common unit for many fruits and vegetables to produce fresh-cut, minimally processed, and canned food products
- 13. Up keeping plants using sheers
- 14. The selective flowers, fruits, shoots, and seedlings or young plants to allow adequate space for the remaining organs/plants grow efficiently
Down
- 2. season A part of the year which rainfall and temperature allow plants to grow.
- 3. Fruit sugar
- 5. water is removed from the food by hot air or heated surface driers
- 6. A technique in vegetable growing. Young shoots of plants are covered to exclude light to prevent photosynthesis and the production of chlorophyll, and thus remain pale in color
- 7. Market A food market which local farmers sell fruit and vegetables and often meat, cheese, and bakery products directly to customers
- 8. A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water
- 11. Using water to remove soil and debris off the produce as well as reduce the presence of any bad microbes that could cause foodborne diseases