Across
- 3. Center of farm operation, which includes the farmhouse barns, shed, livestock pens, and family garden.
- 4. Food production mainly for consumption by the farming family and local community, rather than principally for sale in the market.
- 5. Agriculture that involves cutting small plots in forests or woodlands, burning the cuttings to clear the ground and release nutrients, and planting in the ash of the cleared plot.
- 7. The planting and harvesting of domesticated plants and the raising of domesticated animals for food.
- 9. An animal that depends on people for food an shelter and is different from its wild ancestors in looks and behavior as a result of close contact with humans.
- 10. The average pattern of weather over a 30-year period for a particular region.
- 11. A crop raised to be sold for profit rather than to feed the farm family and the livestock; common cash crops are cotton, flax, hemp, coffee, and tobacco.
- 16. Crop cultivation and livestock rearing systems that use high levels of labor and capital relative to the size of the landholding.
- 17. A settlement pattern in which famililies live relatively distant from one another.
- 18. A highly mechanized commercial farming system that specialized in the production of cereal grains; requires large farms and widespread use of machinery, synthetic fertilizer, pesticides, and genetically engineered seeds.
- 19. The day-to-day atmospheric conditions that affect daily decisions.
- 20. The visible imprint of agricultural practices.
Down
- 1. A small-scale farming system in which a farmer plants one to a few acres that produce a diverse mixture of vegetables and fruits, mostly for sale in local and regional markets.
- 2. Crop cultivation and livestock rearing systems that require little hired labor or monetary investment to successfully raise cropes and animals.
- 6. A fenced enclosure used for intensive livestock feeding that serves to limit livestock movement and associated weight loss.
- 8. A plant that is deliberately planted, protected, cared for, and used by humans and is genetically distinct from its wild ancesters.
- 12. Vegetables fhat form below ground and must be dug at maturity, such as potatoes and yams.
- 13. The ways in which people organize themselves on the land
- 14. A scaled-up version of market gardening, with more acreage, less crop diversity, and a stronger orientation toward more distant markets.
- 15. Large landholding devoted to capital-intensive, specialized production of a single tropical or subtropical crop for the global marketplace.