Vocabulary
What does mutally beneficial mean?
Good for two or more creatures or things.
What am I?
Tall, straight upward, shallow root system, as tall as 10 feet
Stalk
The U.S. exports how much corn per year?
10 billion
How much does each family pay per year per family to a CSA?
$300 -$500
What method of farming was the planting of soybeans and corn?
two-crop rotation
What does emerge mean?
To rise up or become known.
What am I?
The female organ is called the....
Ear
Corn can be converted into what marketable products?
farm to table, frozen, canned, or processed and sold.
How many CSA's are there in the United States?
over 12,000
What method of growing corn involved soybeans, squash, and corn?
The three sisters method
What does resource mean?
Something of value found on Earth.
What am I?
The male organ is called the...
Tassel
What crop growing method works the best?
two crop corn/soybean rotation
What does CSA stand for?
Community Supported Agriculture
Four-crop rotation
What does the word adaptable mean?
Is quickly able to change or adapt.
What am I?
Leafy wrapping around the cob.
Husk
Crops grow better with fewer what?
Weeds and pests
When you agree with a local farm to participate in the program, you become a ?
Shareholder
What method reduced soil loss, resulting in soil organic buildup in corn crops?
Tillage
What does the word cultivate mean?
Preparing for and growing crops on land.
What am I?
Soft, thin, hairlike structure.
Silks
What is the purpose of letting the land lie fallow, or unplanted?
To prevent the soil from becoming exhausted when the same crop is grown over and over.
To help CSA's preserve the nutrients in the soil, farmers use this method.
crop rotation
Whose method, borrowed from Dutch and Flemish farmers, grew better crops with fewer weeds and pest problems?
Charles Townshend