Vocabulary
____ follows natural patterns of the land to reduce environmental impact
What is contour plowing?
A degradation of soil's ability to grow plants due to unsustainable agriculture
A sustainability effort that results in a lower amount of energy used.
What is energy reduction?
What is sustainable agriculture?
____ is a type of farming that uses dry soil with more sand.
What is No-Till-Agriculture?
A negative impact of fertilizers entering waterways and poisoning animals.
What is pesticide leaching?
The reduction of water in planting practices to support sustainability efforts.
What is water conservation?
What is sustainable labor?
A sustainability technique that plants trees to prevent wind effect and direct impact.
What is windbreaking?
The result of unsustainable farming practices that increases the number of people with little to no money?
What is poverty?
A technique that limits the effects of overgrazing by limiting the time/place that animals graze.
What is grazing management?
This is the effect of sustainable farming practices that limit the emission of carbon.
What is the slowing of global warming?
Similar to windbreaking ____ are high-standing bushes planted outside farmland to prevent wind effect and direct impact.
What are hedgerows?
What is climate change?
What are cleaner pesticides?
The limiting of pesticides in produce due to sustainable farming practices.
What is healthier/cleaner food?
_____ is a farming technique to flatten out areas between hills.
What is terracing?
What is water over-consumption?
A method of farming that typically results in a lower carbon footprint and sustainable farming practices
The continuation of the human race due to sustainable farming practices and limiting carbon emissions
What are the future effects of sustainability?