Alternative farming
The mixture of hydroponics and aquaculture
What is aquaponics?
The sum of all living things in a particular area
What is biodiversity?
The period of time before the coming of the Europeans
What is pre colonial?
White pig with forward pointing ears
What is Landrace?
Meat from cows
what is beef?
NFT stands for .........
What is Nutrient Film Technique?
One technique used to maintain soil fertility in organic farming which involves growing different crops on the same land in sequence.
What Crop Rotation?
the animal brought in to control the chicken population during the colonial era
What is mongoose?
Leftovers food materials and kitchen scraps from large institutions such as hotel and hospitals
What is swill?
The disease of the udder in which bacteria enters through the teat canal and results the teat being red and inflamed
What is mastitis?
Three crops that can be grown using hydroponics
What are lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers?
The control of animal pest by using a natural predator
What is biological control?
A crop that was introduced to the Caribbean during the colonial period
What is sugar cane or banana?
Name of a female pig before its first litter
What is gilt?
Cup used to check a cows milk for infection and lumps
What is strip cup?
The cultivation of crops in or around towns
What is Urban and peri- urban farming?
growing two crops at the same time on the same piece of land
What is intercropping?
Substance used in the post colonial period to increase production
What is fertilizers?
The name of the process to make an animal sterile
What is castration?
A white and black coloured cattle
What is Holstein?
This can be used to grow plants in areas with limited space or infertile soils.
What is grow box/ through?
Soil ammendment used to increase soil fertility
What is organic matter?
The way people in the pre colonial era got their food
What is hunting and gathering?
Food product from pigs
What is pork/ bacon?
The largest compartment of a cows's stomach
What is the rumen?