Tuesday, 13 May 2014

Commercial Agriculture

Intensive Farming
Agriculture in which much labour is used to get food from small plots of land

Extensive Faming
Agriculture in which little labour (but often large machinery) is used to work big farms

Subsistence Agriculture
Farms that only produce only enough for the farm family

Commercial Agriculture
Farming that produces a large surplus of one of or a few types of crop, livestock or other product for profit.

Organic Foods
Foods produced without chemical fertilizers, pesticides, additives, preservatives, growth hormones or genetic alterations.