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FarmingComparisons of Different Methods
Subsistence Growing food for
your own use.
Cash Crop Growing a crop to
sell for money.
Conventional Using Mostly fossil fuel powered
farm equipment instead of human labor.
Synthetic chemical pesticides to kill pests/insects.
Synthetic chemical herbicides to kill weeds.
Synthetic chemical fertilizer to increase soil fertility.
Organic Using
Some fossil fuel powered machinery but usually a higher percentage of human and animal based power.
Natural methods of pest and weed control including: Biological control Hand picking Mechanized weeding
Natural fertilizers either made from animal manure or composted organic material.
Biological Control Encouraging/introducing natural
predators and diseases that kill pests and weeds. Using farm animals such as goats
or chickens to eat weeds/insect pests.
Directly introducing a predator. Using natural landscape features
to give predators a place to live/overwinter in.
Biological Control
Integrated Pest Management Using mostly organic
pest management and some targeted applications of least toxic pesticides.
