Agriculture, Food, & Natural Resources Vocabulary

the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.

• culinary

• agriculture

• waste management

• crop production

a person who fells trees for a living.

• Faller

• Farmer

• Breeder

• Conservation

the scientific study of plants, including their physiology, structure, genetics, ecology, distribution, classification, and economic importance.

• Agriculture

• Dietetics

• Natural Resource

• Botany

the processes and actions required to manage waste from its inception to its final disposal.

• Crop Production

• Culinary

• Waste Management

• Breeder

of or for cooking.

• Culinary

• Agriculture

• Faller

• Waste Management

materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain.

• Botany

• Dietetics

• Natural Resource

• Crop Production

the branch of knowledge concerned with the diet and its effects on health, especially with the practical application of a scientific understanding of nutrition.

• Botany

• Crop Production

• Dietetics

• Culinary

prevention of wasteful use of a resource

• Conservation

• Dietetics

• Natural Resource

• Breeder

a person who breeds (mate and then produce offspring) livestock, racehorses, other animals, or plants.

• Botany

• Breeder

• Faller

• Waste Management

the process of growing crops for domestic and commercial purposes.

• Faller

• Agriculture

• Culinary

• Crop Production