subsistence farm
Grow your own
A subsistence farm produces food primarily for the farmer's own household rather than for sale.
The goal is survival, not profit—families grow what they need and consume what they grow.
Subsistence farming persists in developing regions and was once the norm worldwide: They worked a subsistence farm in the hills, raising just enough to feed themselves through winter.
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- back fortyRemote farm acreage
- cropsCultivated plants for harvest
- cash cropProduce grown for sale
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
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- farm typesranch, ranches, plantation, plantations, vineyard
- farmingcrop, crops, harvest, harvests, harvesting
- farmlandfields, field, barns, barn, farmhouses
- farmsteadbarn cat, chicken coop, hen house, henhouse, orchard
- farming settlementsagricultural town, farmstead, rural hamlet, peasant village, kibbutz
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Profit-driven agricultural operation
industrial farm · agribusiness · factory farm · industrial agriculture · commercial agriculture
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Profit-driven large-scale farming
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Large-scale mechanized farming
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