Farming Facts
This term refers to farming on a very large scale, often involving machines and chemicals.
What is Industrial Farming?
Industrial farming contributes to this process that warms Earth’s atmosphere.
What climate change?
These three animals are most commonly raised for meat on big farms.
What are chickens, pigs, and cows?
These people work hard to grow food on farms.
Who are farmers?
This type of food is grown without harmful chemicals.
What is organic food?
This is a place where crops are grown or animals are raised.
What is a farm?
Overuse of fertilizers in farming can cause this water pollution problem, leading to dead zones.
What is eutrophication?
These animals are raised to give us milk.
What are cows?
These smaller farms are often run by families.
What are family farms?
Changing what you grow each year keeps soil healthy.
What is crop rotation?
This big machine helps farmers harvest crops quickly.
What is a tractor
Clearing forests for farmland leads to this environmental issue.
What is deforestation?
On factory farms, animals are kept in these small, crowded areas.
What are cages or pens?
Big companies that own many farms are called this.
What are corporations?
Buying food from nearby farms helps this kind of farming.
What is local farming?
This yellow crop is used in cereal, oil, and animal fee
What is corn?
Livestock release this greenhouse gas, which is more potent than carbon dioxide.
What is methane?
Some animals are given this to stop them from getting sick.
What are antibiotics?
Farm workers sometimes get sick from working with these farm chemicals.
What are pesticides or fertilizers?
This way of growing plants uses water instead of soil.
What is hydroponics?
This liquid is sprayed on crops to help them grow faster.
What is fertilizer?
This farming byproduct runs off into waterways and can harm aquatic life.
What is agricultural runoff?
People worry about this when animals are not treated kindly
What is animal cruelty?
Big farms try to make lots of this by selling food.
What is money?
When animals live outside and can move around, they are called this.
What is free-range?