organic gardening

Pesticide-free plant raising

Organic gardening is growing plants without synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, or genetically modified organisms.

The approach relies on natural methods—compost, crop rotation, beneficial insects—to maintain soil health and control pests.

She converted to organic gardening after learning about pesticide runoff.

The term extends beyond vegetables to any cultivation following these principles.

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cultivation method

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Large-scale mechanized farming

factory farming · intensive agriculture · agribusiness · industrial farming · corporate farming

environmental approach

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Farming by burning clearings

scale and commercialization

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Large-scale commercial agriculture

factory farming · commercial agriculture · mechanized farming · plantation agriculture · agroindustry

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