S.S. Unit 2 Vocab

Intensive Farming

Greater inputs of capital and paid labor

Market Gardening

Commercial gardening and fruit farming

Plantation Agriculture

Tropical climates that specializes in the production of one or two crops for sale

Extensive Farming

Fewer inputs of capital and paid labor

Columbian Exchange

The global movement of plants and animals between Africa, Europe, and the Americas

First Agricultural Revolution

The switch from hunting and gathering to domestication (aka farming)

Second Agricultural Revolution

Industrial Revolution to increse food

Green Revolution

The diffusion of biotechnology to LDC's from MDC's

Subsistence Agriculture

Provide food for the farmer and the farmer's family

Commercial Agriculture

Generate products for sale off the farm

Agribusiness

Large-scale system of agricultural products and equipment

Urban Farming

Farming in a city

Fair Trade

Designed to get more money into the hands of the small farmers in poor countries who actually raise the crops

Food deserts

An area in a developed where healthy food is difficult to obtain

Food Security

Physical and economic access to safe and nutricious food