The small-scale production of fruits, vegetables, and flowers as cash crops sold directly to consumers is called?

• A. Market Gardening
• B. Truck Farming
• C. Plantation Agriculture
• D. Intensive Agriculture

Answer: (A)

Market gardening describes the small-scale, intensive cultivation of fruits, vegetables, and flowers for sale to local customers. It focuses on high-value crops grown close to where people live, often delivering directly to consumers through farmers’ markets, roadside stands, or farm-to-table arrangements. This direct-to-consumer, locally oriented approach is what sets market gardening apart from other forms of agriculture.

Truck farming tends to refer to larger-scale production aimed at urban or distant markets, sometimes through distribution networks rather than direct local sales. Plantation agriculture involves large estates growing cash crops for export, far from local markets. Intensive agriculture is a broad term for high-input farming that can apply to many scales and contexts, not specifically tied to local, direct-to-consumer sales.