Fruits
The only fruit with seeds on the exterior
What are strawberries?
Popeye the Sailor eats this vegetable to make his muscles grow bigger
What is Spinach?
This part of celery is edible
What is Stalk / Stem?
The first step of Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
What is Identification?
This agency controls organic farming
What is USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture)?
This fruit juice can increase medication potency leading to an overdose
What is Grapefruit?
The product of a climbing or vine plant
What are Gourds / Squashes?
This is a mature ovary containing a seed
What is a fruit?
Pest management method where barriers are used to prevent pests from getting into an area
What is Mechanical / Physical Control?
Type of Sustainable Agriculture
What is Permaculture / Biodynamic Farming / Hydroponics / Urban Agriculture / Food Forests / Polyculture / Natural Pest Management?
Pineapples originate here
Where is South America?
This vegetable was the first to be grown in space by NASA in 1995
What are Potatoes?
This food crop has toxic fruit
What is Asparagus?
Agency that regulates pesticide registration, sale, and use at the federal level through laws in the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations.
What is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?
This is the key of organic farming
What is soil health?
This is the science of growing fruit
Due to its shiny appearance this culinary vegetable was considered to be poisonous by Europeans for almost 200 years
What are tomatoes?
Berry with a tough, leathery rind that can be peeled off and a sectioned pulp (i.e. Lemon or Orange)
What is Hesperidium? (Berry of Rutaceae also accepted)
Kansas' Insect Watch List includes this pest known for infesting fruit during the ripening stage in contrast with other species in its genera that infest only rotting fruit
What is spotted wing drosophila / SWD / Drosophila suzukii / cherry vinegar fly?
This GMO aimed to solve Vitamin A Deficiency
What is Golden Rice?
This gas is produced by most fruits when they ripen
What is ethylene?
Broccoli, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, and cabbage belong to this family of vegetable
What is Brassicaceae (formerly Cruciferae)?
This class of organic polymers forms key support in plant tissue and is found in the highest percentages in wheat bran and spinach cell walls
What are Lignin?
This chemical is naturally produced by chlorophyll as a defense mechanism against pests
What is Solanine?
This type of sustainable agriculture applies recycling, efficiency, diversity, and resilience/synergies to food systems