Food And Farming Flashcards

1
Q

Where is food produced?

A

Farms, or perhaps people’s gardens

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2
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Where on the farms do we get food?

A
  1. Fields of cops
  2. Orchards ( fruit)
  3. Livestock ( cattle, sheep, fish, poultry)
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3
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What are subsistence farmers?

A

Farmers that grow food for themselves and their families to eat

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4
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What are commercial farmers?

A

Farmers who grow large amounts of agricultural product to sell for profit.

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5
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What does the word agriculture mean?

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Farming of animals or plants to produce food, fibre and fuel.

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6
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What are different ways of getting food?

A

Growing it, buying it and hunting it

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7
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What are different ways of eating food?

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Raw, cooked and processed

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Can you tell from the size of a farm and their produce whether it is a commercial or subsistence farm?

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Yes, a subsistence farm is small with mixed produce, whilst a commercial farm is big with usually only one product.

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9
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How are labour and equipment different on a commercial farm compared to a subsistence farm?

A

Commercial farms have workers and machinery, whilst subsistence farms are tended by the family that own them. Usually the family only have hand tools.

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What happens to the products farmed on subsistence farms?

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They are used to feed the family.

What is left over will be sold.

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What happens to the products farmed on commercial farms?

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They are sold and exported for profit.

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Do subsistence farms have the means to transport their produce to towns?

A

Generally no. This is the opposite for commercial farms.

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What is the difference between where people living in the countryside and towns get their food?

A

People in cities usually. It their food.

People in the countryside often grow their own food.

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