Farm to Plate

5. keep in confinement or to keep isolated
6. materials which extinguish various agricultural pests, including weeds and insects
10. covering the ground with compost to prevent evaporation or erosion
13. infectious diseases of animals which can be transferred to humans
14. united states department of agriculture; government agency which oversees the application of safety, animal welfare, and quality standards of agricultural processes
15. genetically modified organism; organism which has been modified genetically for better quality
19. remove from or to reduce the size of a herd
20. growing the plants we harvest or raising the animals we use for food
22. practices involving growing two or more crops in the same field
23. food safety and inspection service; public health agency accountable for food safety
24. getting food ready to eat
25. food items grown without the use of pesticides, antibiotics or growth hormones; controlled by USDA standards

1. practice of varying successive crops in the same field
2. changing plants or animals into what we recognize as food
3. method of planting multiple crops on one piece of land
4. giving manufacturers exclusive rights to process, design or new invention
7. plants which were grown in the past and have been bred to be adapted to a specific environment
8. food products raised for human consumption without additives and are minimally processed; no USDA standards
9. reproduction process in which pollen grains are carried from plant to plant
11. utilization of resources to make them last for an extended period of time
12. process of getting food from the farm or processing plant to the consumer or food service facility
16. amount of time it takes for an antibiotic to leave an animals' system
17. process by which a plant grows from a seed
18. food and drug administration; government agency which monitors the production and distribution of all food products except meat and poultry
21. antibiotics which have not completely left the animals' system before slaughter