Sustainable Farming

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

• Agriculture

• Aquaculture

What is the process of growing different crops on different plots of land each year or every few years?

• Cover Crops

• No Tilling

• Rotating Crops

• Windbreaks

What is it called when you plant a crop in the field during the off season to protect soil health, prevent erosion, and replenish nutrients?

• Rotating Crops

• No Tilling

• Natural Pest Management

• Cover Crops

What is it called when you plant the new crops overtop the debris from the previous crap without disturbing the soil?

• No Tilling

• Cover Crops

• Wind breaks

• Terracing

What is it called when you mix in trees or shrubs to protect a crop and prevent erosion?

• Ratating Crops

• No Tilling

• Windbreaks

• Natural Pest Management

What is the process of releasing or providing habitat for a predator to a crop eating pest?

• Natural Pest Management

• No Tilling

• Terracing

• Windbreaks

When crops are planted based on the slope of the land to reduce erosion and conserve rainwater is called?

• Rotating crops

• Contour Farming

• Windbreaks

• No Tilling

What is it called when you make land that was to sloped to farm into a series of flat steps to farm?

• Contour farming

• Windbreaks

• No Till

• Terracing

What is the rearing of aquatic animals or the cultivation of aquatic plants for food?

• Agriculture

• Aquaculture

Mary Beth Robinson is a farmer in the United States. She rotates her crops with the season. One season she grows corn, the next she grows cotton, and the last is barley. She uses pesticides and fertilizer on her crop. What type of farmer is Mary Beth?

• Conventional

• Sustainable