Unit 5 Flashcards
Intensive farming
Farming that uses a significant amount of inputs (labor and money)
Extensive Farming
farming that uses a smaller amount of inputs
Shifting cultivation
Moving crops from one plot of land to another as soil nutrients become depleted
Metes and bounds
Irregularly shaped parcels of land
Township and range
Divides land into a grid
French long system
land is divided into long, narrow parcels
Monoculture
Growing several crops in a farm system
Mono-cropping
Growing one crop in a farm system year after year
Commodity Chains
Process used by corporations to gather resources and transform them into goods and then transport them to consumers
Supply Chains
System of resources, producer transportation, communication, information, and consumers
Economies of scale
Cost advantages gained by an increased level production
