Subsistence farming is a form of farming where farmers grow crops and raise livestock primarily for their own consumption rather than for trade or sale. Historically, subsistence farmers would move from place to place to farm and find new land. While this was the dominant farming method for centuries, industrialization and colonization led to the rise of commercial farms. Today, subsistence farming is still practiced in remote parts of the world that were not converted to commercial agriculture. Subsistence farmers employ techniques like terracing, crop rotation, and using animal waste as fertilizer to sustainably produce enough food for their needs on the land available to them.

1. By
Brian De Vries

2.  Form of Farming
 All, or nearly all, livestock and crops are kept
to use by farmer
 Historically, people would move from place to
place and farm
 Modern farming has
replaced this method
 Products not sold

3.  Was predominant farming method for
centuries until colonization and industrial
revolution
 Remote parts of the world that were not
converted to commercial farms still adapt this
method

4.  Prevent erosion by terraces
 Alternate livestock food to prevent
overgrazing
 Use animal waste as fertilizer for crops
 Vegetation and soil retention improves soil
structure and water availability
 Land becomes more productive and able to
produce food

5.  Heaving manual labor necessary
 Produce enough food to live on
 May produce more to buy other necessities

6.  Droughts
 Gradual depletion of nutrients
 Getting essentials that can’t be grown
 Finding enough usable land to produce food

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