Vermont Crops
This product can be processed into cheese and yogurt.
Milk
centimeters (cm)
Define a food system
All the steps that it takes to get from farm to table
A city like NYC is lacking this important factor for growing crops.
Open space
The best guess as to why something happens.
Hypothesis
Vermont produces 50% of our country's supply of this crop.
Maple Syrup
Volume of water unit
milliliter (mL)
The step of cutting down/or collecting a grown crop
Harvesting
This factor is the reason we can not commercially grow oranges in VT
Climate
A systematic series of tests to collect data and learn about your surroundings.
An experiment
This is the third-largest grossing (most money made) crop in the state of Vermont.
Apples
Grams (g)
The step of moving a crop/product from farm --> store or processing plant
Transportation
This factor allows us to milk many cows at once
Technology
Data that is descriptive: for example, my plant looks dead
Qualitative data
Demand for these crops is driven by a desire for healthier local food.
Fresh produce (vegtables)
What is the date/day of the week a measure of?
Time
This factor is not a problem in the state of VT due to our wet climate
water availability
Measurement data: for example, my plant is 10 cm tall
Quantitative data
The demand for this type of milk is increasing in our state. Boston Post Dairy has these animals outside in the spring.
Goat milk
How can we measure rate of growth?
Height / time
The step where raw product is made into something else.
processing
This factor helps to keep dairy farms viable with subsidies.
Government
The process of discovering and making sense of your surroundings
Science