Food Production & The Environment

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  1. 2. ________ is using the parts of the food that would normally get thrown away (e.g. vegetable peels) and using it to make another food product to minimize food waste.
  2. 3. If a farming practice has positive impacts on the environment, animals, and people, it is often referred to as being ______________.
  3. 4. ___________ farms may also use pesticides, but they must not be synthetically made.
  4. 7. _________ modified foods are very controversial, but are one of the possible ways to help increase food production in a more sustainable way.
  5. 9. A specific type of agriculture that allows restaurants, hotels, grocery stores, and apartment buildings in urban areas to grow foods right on location.
  6. 10. ________ is growing plants without soil (water based).
  7. 14. Water harvesting is a method of farming whereby ____________ is collected and put aside for times when water is limited (e.g. during a drought).
  8. 15. __________ is about growing two or more crops in close proximity to one another to help with pest control and increase fertility of the soil and plants.
  9. 16. Eaten by many cultures for tens of thousands of years, these are a very good source of many nutrients (for both humans and animal feeds) that can be raised in a very sustainable way.
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  1. 1. This type of technology is helping farmers increase crop yields, use less pesticides, less water, and helping to prevent overfertilization.
  2. 5. A huge contributor to greenhouse gases (specifically methane). If more of us could reduce this we could lower our carbon footprint and increase food security.
  3. 6. _______ farming is growing crops in vertically stacked layers indoors.
  4. 8. The ________ food movement is about minimizing food waste. A specific example of this is ‘No Frills’ selling ‘naturally imperfect’ produce.
  5. 11. _________ is about growing many different types plants together in the same area to. E.g. three sisters agriculture.
  6. 12. An agricultural system that combines trees and shrubs with crops and livestock.
  7. 13. __________ is a way of producing food that involves both plants and fish working together to grow in a closed system.