Food and Agriculture

3. Land that can be used to grow crops
4. Solid rock layer
8. Location of the famine that occurred in 1984
10. Made from a fungus (Fusarium venenatum) and is mixed with eggs and flavor and grown in fermentation vats
11. Larger rock particles with organic matter
13. Soil that can support the growth of healthy plants
14. Vitamin C deficiency
15. Condition that occurs when people do not consume enough calories or eat a sufficient variety to fulfill all of the body’s nee
17. Widespread starvation caused by a shortage of food
21. Foods produced from unconventional sources
24. All nutrient deficiency
25. A nutrient, main function is building and maintaining body structures
27. Accumulation of salts in the soil
28. American agronomist who led initiatives worldwide that contributed to the Green Revolution
30. Dissolved or suspended materials moving downward

1. Fallen leaves and partially decomposed organic matter
2. Man-made food made to substitute for some other type of food
5. A nutrient, main function is for energy
6. Where plant roots grow, rich in organic matter, living things, rock particles, water, air
7. Wearing away of rock or soil by wind and water
9. Land in arid areas become form desert-like because of human activity or climatic changes
12. A diet low in Vitamin B1 (thiamine)
16. A nutrient, main function is for cell membranes and hormones
17. Foods that have nutrients added to them to improve quality
18. The amount of energy available in the food we eat
19. Amino acid deficiency
20. Type and amount of food that a person eats
22. Rock undergone weathering
23. Man-made food made to substitute for some other type of food
26. Salad green that may become an important food source because it can grow in salty soil
29. Iodine deficiency