Efficiency
This natural energy source powers all plant growth.
What is sunlight?
When mixed with browns, water, and air, I can turn into compost/fertilizer.
What are greens?
A farm that survives a drought because its soil holds water well is showing this.
What is resilience?
Growing multiple types of crops instead of one is called this.
What is diversity?
This food label means that hens are not kept in cages but may still be kept indoors.
What is cage free?
Instead of wasting nutrients, agroecological systems do this with organic matter like food scraps and leaves.
What is composting?
A farm installs this system to capture and store rainfall, reducing the need to rely on municipal or external water sources.
What is a rain water collector?
Growing many different crops instead of just one helps farms recover from this type of problem.
What is crop failure or pest/disease outbreak?
This type of farming system (opposite of monoculture) includes many crops and species.
What is polyculture?
This trend relies on heavy machinery to complete agricultural tasks.
What is mechanization?
This process uses worms to break down food scraps into nutrient-rich fertilizer for plants.
What is vermicomposting?
This composting method uses heat generated by microbes to quickly turn organic waste into fertilizer without needing outside inputs.
What is hot composting?
Soil rich in organic matter helps farms better handle this extreme weather condition.
What is a drought?
Corn, beans, and squash are grown together so that each plant supports the others—corn provides structure, beans fix nitrogen, and squash shades the soil. This is an example of this.
What is the 3 sisters planting technique?
This physical description of the Earth causes us to have seasons.
What is axial tilt?
Using drip irrigation instead of sprinklers to deliver water directly to plant roots is an example of improving this.
What is water-use efficiency?
Instead of buying synthetic fertilizers, a farmer uses this natural waste from livestock to enrich soil fertility.
What is animal manure?
A farm plants multiple crops and develops alternative strategies so that if one plan fails, another can succeed. This reflects the importance of this.
What is having a back-up plan / Plan B
Instead of using synthetic pesticides and herbicides, a farmer chooses to do this instead.
What are farm animals?
These four substances are needed for composting to occur.
What are greens, brown, water, and air?
In this farming method, ducks control weeds and pests while their waste fertilizes rice, reducing the need for external inputs and maximizing this.
What is efficiency?
A farm installs these to generate its own electricity from sunlight, reducing dependence on external energy sources.
What are solar panels?
A farm designs its system around local climate, soil, and weather patterns so it can better handle droughts, floods, or extreme heat. This shows the importance of being this.
What is being adapted to the natural environment?
A farmer did not listen to Mr. Coy and chose to just plant one crop on their farm. What is called?
What is monoculture?
This gas is created when food waste is sent to a landfill.
What is methane (greenhouse gas)?