Across
- 5. “an ecological management system that promotes and enhances biodiversity, biological cycles, and soil biological activity; based on minimal use of off-farm inputs and on management practices that restore, maintain, or enhance ecological harmony.
- 7. variability among living organisms on earth
- 9. include wholesale markets, such as cooperatives, wholesalers, and brokers
- 10. community of living organisms in a nonliving physical environment
Down
- 1. include roadside stands, farmer's markets, and community-supported farms
- 2. naturally occurring chemicals extracted from plants
- 3. the inhibition of growth in one species of plant by the checmicals produced in another species
- 4. chemicals or sets of chemicals produced by living organisms that transmit messages to other members of the same species
- 6. encompasses farming systems capable of maintaining their productivity and usefulness to socieity forever
- 7. certain types of pesticides derived from natural materials
- 8. Made or prepared artificially
- 11. fatty acids that can be used to control a wide range of plant pests