traditional farming methods
Old-school crop cultivation
Traditional farming methods are agricultural practices passed down through generations, developed before industrial mechanization and synthetic inputs.
These include techniques like crop rotation, composting, seed saving, animal-powered tillage, and manual harvesting.
The phrase often appears in contrast to modern industrial agriculture: Traditional farming methods preserve soil health better than chemical-intensive approaches.
Sometimes romanticized, sometimes dismissed as inefficient—the term carries political weight in debates about sustainability and food security.
- terracingCutting slopes into steps
- milletSmall-seeded food crop
- plowTool for turning soil
- soil conservationProtecting earth's fertile layer
- sickleCurved hand-held harvesting blade
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Large-scale mechanized farming
factory farming · mechanized farming · agribusiness · corporate farming · intensive agriculture
traditional farming methodsindustrial agriculture
Large-scale mechanized farming
factory farming · agribusiness · corporate farming · commercial agriculture · intensive farming
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