Across
- 2. When the government pays farms when certain commodity prices are low or when it is bought by the government and then the government sells that to foreign governments.
- 3. concentrated animal feeding operation which is a large feedlot to fatten animals before slaughter
- 7. more than enough; plentiful
- 10. a cultivated plant that is grown as food, especially a grain, fruit, or vegetable
- 12. excessive acidity of body fluids
- 14. Farming with the aim of producing as much produce as possible, using fertilisers, pesticides, thousands of animals packed in tight spaces, and given anti-biotics
- 15. The process of making new products from materials that were used in another product.
Down
- 1. This food is grown on large industrial farms, but with only natural fertilizers, and natural bug and weed control. It is sold in the same way as industrial food.
- 4. animals, especially poultry, that range freely for food, rather than being confined in an enclosure
- 5. very large portion of fast food
- 6. a type of food that is produced without pesticides, bioengineering, or high-energy radiation
- 8. the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.
- 9. any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile
- 11. agriculture conducted on commercial principles, especially using advanced technology.
- 13. crops that carry new traits that have been inserted through advanced genetic engineering methods