FARMING TYPES

ARABLE farming involves the growing of __________ such as ____________ and ___________________. Some crops are grown for animals to eat. These are called _____________.

 

PASTORAL farming is named after fields of grass called ___________ which are used for grazing _____________.

 

MIXED farming is a combination of both the growing of ________ and the keeping of animals. Many farms fall into this category.

 

In addition to these main types, there are several others.

MARKET GARDENING: the growth of vegetables and salad crops, plus flowers

ORCHARDS: growing fruit trees

DAIRY: keeping cows to produce milk

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Crops        (x2)           Fodder             Cereal               Pasture            

Vegetable          Animals           

 

Think about the foods that you identified for homework. If you haven’t got many, you will need to use the picture of the Great British Breakfast which you have been given.

Produce a table to suggest which type of farm produced which part of the meal.

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