farming methods
21History of organic farming — The history of organic farming dates back to the first half of the 20th century at a time when there was a growing reliance on synthetic fertilizers.Pre World War IIThe first 40 years of the 20th century saw simultaneous advances in biochemistry… …
22Dairy farming — Dairy farm redirects here. For the retail company in Asia, see Dairy Farm International Holdings. A rotary milking parlor in an industrial dairy facility, located in Germany Dairy farming is a class of agricultural, or an animal husbandry,… …
23Intensive farming — or intensive agriculture is an agricultural production system characterized by the high inputs of capital, fertilizers, labour, or labour saving technologies such as pesticides relative to land area. [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article 9042533… …
24Vertical farming — is a proposal to perform agriculture in urban high rises. These building have been called farmscrapers. [ [http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2007/4/23/104245/760#comment5 Urbanism and the environment | Gristmill: The environmental news blog |… …
25Oyster farming — Harvesting oysters from the pier at Cancale, Brittany, France 2005 Oyster farming is an aquaculture (or mariculture) practice in which oysters are raised for human consumption. Oyster farming most likely developed in tandem with pearl farming, a… …
26dry farming — ☆ dry farming n. farming in an almost rainless region without the help of irrigation: it is done by conserving the natural moisture of the soil and by planting crops that can resist drought dry farm vt., vi. dry farmer n. * * * also called… …
27Compassion in World Farming — s founder, Peter Roberts, campaigns for farm animal welfare. The logo for Compassion in World Farming. Compassion in Wor …
28Collective farming — and communal farming are types of agricultural production in which the holdings of several farmers are run as a joint enterprise.[1] This type of collective is essentially an agricultural production cooperative in which member owners engage… …
29Tax farming — was originally a Roman practice whereby the burden of tax collection was reassigned by the Roman State to private individuals or groups. In essence, these individuals or groups paid the taxes for a certain area and for a certain period of time,… …
30Wild farming — The agricultural technique known as Wild Farming is a growing alternative to factory farming . Wild farming consists of planting crops that are highly associated and supportive to the natural ecosystem. wikiref | id = Imhoff 2003 | text = Imhoff… …
