Integrated Pest Management and Sustainable Agriculture

Sustainable Agriculture

fufills the need for food and fiber while enhancing the quality of the soil, minimizing the use of nonrenewable resources, and allowing economics viability for the farmer

Soil Conservation

the prevention of soil erosion while simultaneously increasing soil depth and increasing the nutrient content and organic matter of the soil

Crop Rotation

rotates the crop species in a field from season to season

Agroforestry

an agricultural technique in which trees and vegetables are intercropped

Windbreaks

an agricultural technique that literally plants tall objects that breaks the wind and prevent soil erosion

Strip Cropping

a method of planting crops with different spacing and rooting characteristics in alternating sets of rows to prevent soil erosion

Contour Plowing

Plowing and harvesting parallel to the topographic contours of the land

Terracing

An agricultural technique where farms shape sloping land into step like terraces that are flat

Perrenial Plants

Plants that live for multiple years, and do not need to be replanted at the beginning of each growing season

No till agricultural

An agricultural method used in fields of annual crops where farmers do not til or plow the soil between seasons

Green manure

Plant material deliberately grown in a field with the intention of plowing it at the end of the season

Limesto

A calcium carbonate sedimentary rock that has been ground up or crushed for easy application as a fertilizer

Rotational grazing

The rotation of farm animals to different pastures and fields to prevent overgrazing