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| 9008398509 | adaptive strategies | the unique way in which each culture uses its particular physical environment | 0 | |
| 9008398510 | agrarian | concerning farms, farmers, or the use of land | 1 | |
| 9008400126 | agribusiness | integration of various steps of production in the food processing industry | 2 | |
| 9008400127 | agriculture | the process by which humans alter the human landscape in order to raise crops and livestock for consumption and trade | 3 | |
| 9008402582 | agricultural landscape | 4 | ||
| 9008402583 | animal domestication | raising and caring for animals by humans for protection or food | 5 | |
| 9008402584 | aquaculture | practice of raising fish and other water-dwelling organisms for food | 6 | |
| 9008404765 | biotechnology | applies science to the production of biological products or processes | 7 | |
| 9008404766 | CAFO | concentrated animal feeding operation | 8 | |
| 9008407000 | capital-intensive agriculture | agriculture in which a large amount of capital is applied per unit of output | 9 | |
| 9008407001 | collective farm | a large government-controlled farm formed by combining many small farms | 10 | |
| 9008409005 | Columbian Exchange | a global movement of plants and animals between the Afro-Eurasia and the Americas | 11 | |
| 9008409023 | commercial agriculture | famers focus on raising a specific crop to sell for profit | 12 | |
| 9008411985 | commodity chain | process used by corporations to gather resources and transform them into goods and then transport them to consumers | 13 | |
| 9008418554 | community-supported agriculture (CSA) | consumers pay farmers in advance for a share of their yield, usually a weekly delivery of produce | 14 | |
| 9008418555 | conservation | the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources | 15 | |
| 9008418556 | crop rotation | the system of growing a different crop in a field each year to preserve the fertility of the land | 16 | |
| 9008420913 | dairying | the business of producing, storing, and distributing milk and its products | 17 | |
| 9008420914 | debt-for-nature swap | developing countries have some of their foreign in exchange for enacting conservation measures | 18 | |
| 9008423415 | desertification | transition of land to fertile to desert | 19 | |
| 9008424947 | domestication | the process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans | 20 | |
| 9008424948 | double-cropping | the planting and harvesting on the same parcel of land twice per year | 21 | |
| 9008426804 | enclosure movement | series of laws enacted by the British government that enabled landowners to purchase and enclose land for their own use that had previously been common land for peasant famers | 22 | |
| 9008426849 | environmental modification | changes made to the environment | 23 | |
| 9008429941 | extensive agriculture | agriculture that uses fewer inputs of capital and paid labor relative the amount of space being used | 24 | |
| 9008429942 | extractive industry | businesses that take mineral resources from the earth. | 25 | |
| 9008434218 | farm-to-table | Produce from your farm goes straight to you without processing | 26 | |
| 9008436002 | fair trade | Designed to get more money into the hands of small farmers in poor countries who actually raise the crops, rather than supporting large transnational corporations that manage trade in these products | 27 | |
| 9008436003 | fallow | plowed but not sowed; uncultivated | 28 | |
| 9008436004 | farm subsidy | pubic support, to famers to ensure that consumers have a dependable, low - cost supply of food | 29 | |
| 9008436005 | feedlot | a plot of land on which livestock are fattened for market | 30 | |
| 9008439134 | First Agricultural Revolution | the origin of farming, it was marked by the domestication of animals and plants | 31 | |
| 9008439135 | food chain | A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten | 32 | |
| 9008439136 | food security | The ability of individuals to obtain sufficient food on a day-to-day basis | 33 | |
| 9008441089 | forestry | The 2nd ring in Von Thunens model | 34 | |
| 9008441090 | GMO | plants or animals that scientists in a laboratory modified by extracting genes of one species and inserting them into the DNA of another species | 35 | |
| 9008441091 | green revolution | development of high- yielding, disease - resistant, faster - growing varieties of grains | 36 | |
| 9008443345 | growing season | the time of year when it is warm enough for plants to grow | 37 | |
| 9008443346 | horticulture | The first ring in Von Thunens model | 38 | |
| 9008443347 | hunting and gathering | the use of simple tools to hunt animals and gather vegetation for food | 39 | |
| 9008445950 | intensive subsistence agriculture | agriculture that involves greater inputs of capital and paid labor relative to the space being used | 40 | |
| 9008445951 | intertillage | the clearing of rows in the field through the use of hoes, rakes, & other manual equipment | 41 | |
| 9008445968 | labor-intensive agriculture | type of agriculture that requires large levels of manual labor to be successful | 42 | |
| 9008449958 | livestock ranching | a form of commercial agriculture found in the developed world livestock graze over large areas while the owners remain in the same place | 43 | |
| 9008452877 | luxury crops | crops that are not essential to human survival but have a high profit margin | 44 | |
| 9008452878 | market gardening | commercial gardening and fruit farming | 45 | |
| 9008452879 | mechanization | In agriculture, the replacement of human labor with technology or machines. | 46 | |
| 9008456148 | fossil fuels | Coal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels that are ancient remains of plants and animals. | 47 | |
| 9008459232 | Mediterranean agriculture | Agriculture practiced in areas with a Mediterranean climate; mostly horticulture | 48 | |
| 9008459233 | milkshed | the geographic distance that milk is delivered | 49 | |
| 9008459234 | milpa | another name for swidden, a patch of land cleared for planting through slash-and-burn technique | 50 | |
| 9008460915 | monoculture | raising of a single cash crop on large plots of land | 51 | |
| 9008460916 | nonrenewable resource | a resource that cannot be replaced | 52 | |
| 9008462711 | organic farming | farming with out the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides | 53 | |
| 9008462712 | paddy farming | 54 | ||
| 9008462713 | pastoral nomadism | people travel from place to place with their herds of domesticated animals | 55 | |
| 9008465258 | planned economy | an economic system directed by government agencies | 56 | |
| 9008465259 | plantation | large commercial farm that is specialized in one crop | 57 | |
| 9008467910 | plant domestication | the growing of crops that people planted, raised and harvested | 58 | |
| 9008467911 | livestock ranching | the raising of domesticated animals for the produciton of meat and byproducts (leather, wool) | 59 | |
| 9008469707 | ridge-tillage | 60 | ||
| 9008489093 | salinization | Accumulation of salts in soil that can eventually make the soil unable to support plant growth. | 61 | |
| 9008495650 | Second Agricultural Revolution | began in the 1700s and used the advances of the Industrial Revolution to increase food supplies and population growth | 62 | |
| 9008495651 | shifting cultivation | when farmers in tropical climate regions, move from one field to another | 63 | |
| 9008498053 | slash-and-burn | when all vegetation in an area of forest is cut down and burn in place | 64 | |
| 9008500304 | specialization | A focus on a particular crop to grow | 65 | |
| 9008500305 | stable grains | 66 | ||
| 9008504737 | subsistence agriculture | farmers focus on raising food they need to live | 67 | |
| 9008504738 | suitcase farm | a farm in which no one lives on the farm and the harvesting and planting is performed by farmers who live nearby or by migratory labor | 68 | |
| 9008506675 | sustainable agriculture | Long-term productive farming methods that are environmentally safe. | 69 | |
| 9008506676 | swidden | a patch of land cleared for planting through slashing and burning | 70 | |
| 9008506677 | Third Agricultural Revolution | began in 1960s and included the Green Revolution as well as agribusiness | 71 | |
| 9008509002 | erosion | Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away | 72 | |
| 9008510860 | "tragedy of the commons" | social trap that involves a conflict over resources between interests and the common good | 73 | |
| 9008510861 | transhumance | seasonal herding of animals from higher elevation in the summer to lower elevation and valleys in the winter | 74 | |
| 9008510862 | commercial gardening | the intensive production of nontropical fruits, vegetables, and flowers for sale off the farm for sell | 75 | |
| 9008512976 | wet rice | Rice planted on dryland in a nursery, then moved to a deliberately flooded field to promote growth. | 76 |
