Farming methods
HISTORY
VOCAB
EXAMPLES
Wild Card
100

What is the farming method that utilizes rotation of plants. 

What is crop rotation?

100

What is the Gene Revolution?

When agricultural biotechnology was heavily implemented into agriculture 

100
What are Genetically Modified Organisms? (GMOs)

organisms that have had their genetic information modified

100

Justin's thanked these little fellas for the helping build their company

Bees

100

What city is the Capital of France?

Paris

200

What does NPK stand for.

What is phosphorous nitrogen potassium?

200

What resources does vertical farming help save?

Water an soil.

200

What is Sustainable Agriculture?

farming methods that can be used indefinitely because they do not deplete resources, such as soil and water, faster than they are replaced

200

What is a Green Building?

A building that focuses on sustainable and renewable energy

200

In physics this is the term for the amount of matter in an object.

mass

300

What is the irrigation method that is most efficient.

What is drip irrigation?

300

What year did NCSA and SAC merge to create the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition?

2009

300

What is Food Sovereignty? 

the ability of an individual nation to control its own food system

300

Which company used Rainforest Alliance Certified cocoa beans in their products?

Justin's

300

This is the longest wall in the world, extending over 13,000 miles.

Great Wall of China

400

Plants typically grown in the offseason used for carbon fixation.

What is cover crop?

400

What was Wes Jacksons publication called? 

New Roots for Agriculture.

400

What is Agroecology?

– a scientific field that considers the areas ecology and indigenous knowledge and favors agriculture method that protect the environment and meet the needs of local people

400

Which state was the Clif Bar Zero Waste Certified bakery located in?

Idaho

400

What US President's Speech urges Americans to “ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”

John F. Kennedy

500

What is the most expensive form of irrigation?

What is side rollers?


500

In what way does Micro-Irrigation deliver water? 

using low pressure and low flow rates to water plants directly at their roots.

500

What is Eutrophication?

a process where excess nutrients in aquatic ecosystems feed biological productivity, ultimately lowering the oxygen content of the water, so then they need more fertilizer made from fossil fuels

500

Organic Valley stated they kept ___ pounds of pesticides off their land since 1988

What is 440 pounds

500
The unicorn is the national animal of what country?
Scotland