unit 5 vocab

Question 1

agribusiness

Answer 1

the group of industries dealing with agricultural produce and services required in farming

Question 2

bid rent theory

Answer 2

a model that can be used to indicate the starting position for each land use relative to the market, as well as where each land use would end

Question 3

carrying capacity

Answer 3

the number of crops or people that an area can support

Question 4

community supported agriculture (CSA)

Answer 4

a system that connects the producer and consumers withing the food system more closely by allowing the consumer to subscribe to the harvest of a certain farm(s)

Question 5

crop rotation

Answer 5

the practice of rotating use of different fields from crop to crop each year, to avoid exhausting the soil

Question 6

desertification

Answer 6

degradation of land, especially in semiarid areas, primarily because of human actions like excessive crop planting, animal grazing, and tree cutting

Question 7

food desert

Answer 7

a place where a grocery store is not within walking distance (1 sq. mi.)

Question 8

horticulture

Answer 8

the growing of fruits, vegetables, and flowers

Question 9

milkshed

Answer 9

the area surrounding a city from which milk is supplied