smallholder

peasant

Low-status agricultural laborer

• subsistenceMinimal means of living
• plotStoryline or land parcel
• acreageAmount of land owned

landholding · tenure · agrarian · tillage · cropper · arable · fallow · husbandry · harvest · yield

self-sufficiency

Independence from outside aid

• backyard gardenResidential outdoor growing area
• canningAirtight food preservation
• preservingProtecting from deterioration

heirloom seeds · orchard · handmade · woodstove · pantry · root cellar · fence · well · cottage · dwelling

village

Small rural community

• countrysideRural area beyond towns
• pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
• bucolicIdyllically rural

peasantry · market town · cooperative · land reform · communal · collective · sharecropping · tenant · rural development

plowing

Turning earth for crops

• sowingPlanting for cultivation
• harvestingGathering mature crops
• irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture

fertilizing · weeding · crop rotation · pest control · hoeing · transplanting · mulching · pruning · grafting · water management

chickens

Domestic fowl for eggs

• goatsHorned farm ruminants
• pigsDomesticated farm swine
• cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially

sheep · poultry · dairy · grazing · fodder · penning · breeding · eggs · milk · manure

organic

From living matter

• permacultureSustainable ecosystem design method
• biodiversityRange of life forms
• conservationPreventing waste or loss

low-impact · biodynamic · agroecology · rainwater harvesting · polyculture · agroforestry · seed saving · traditional methods · local markets · resilience

• farmersfarmer, grower, cultivator, rancher, homesteader
• rural peoplefarmer, villagers, farmhand, farmworker, farmers
• landownerslandlords, farmer, rancher, freeholders, homesteader
• rural Africavillage, herding, pastoralism, subsistence farming, grazing
• rural workerspeasant, farm laborer, farmhand, farmworker, field hand
• rural residentsvillager, countryman, farmer, rancher, homesteader