communal farms
Collective agricultural land
Communal farms are agricultural operations where land, labor, and resources are shared collectively rather than owned individually.
The term covers various arrangements—from kibbutzim in Israel to Soviet-era kolkhozy to voluntary communes.
Members typically work together and share the output: They raised their children on a communal farm in Vermont.
The model contrasts with private family farming.
- kibbutzIsraeli communal farm
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- collective ownershipJoint holding by many
- mutual aidCooperative community support
- barn raisingCollective agricultural structure assembly
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Kin-run agricultural operations
private estates · homesteads · landed estates · smallholdings
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Company-owned agricultural operations
factory farms · industrial agriculture · agribusiness · plantation agriculture · tenant farms
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