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agriculture
modifying the environment to raise plants or animals
commercial agriculture
when the focus of agriculture is to produce a product to sell to other people
nomadic herding/pastoral nomadism
raising animals and traveling from place to place with them to find pasture for their animals
plantation
a usually large commercial farm that specializes in one or two crops, usually semi-tropical or tropical areas
ranching
commercial agriculture that allows livestock to wander a large area to feed using for meat or wool
shifting cultivation/slash-and-burn agriculture
subsistence agriculture form used in tropical areas that cuts down vegetation for burning which provides nourishment to the soil - every few years the farmer must move to a new location as the nutrients are gone and repeat
transhumance
moving flocks into the highlands for summer and returning to lowlands for the winter
extensive agriculture
agriculture that uses small amounts of labor on a large area of land
intensive agriculture
agriculture that uses a lot of labor on a small area of land
market gardening
small-scale, manual labor agricultural production of a variety of crops to be sold locally
mediterranean climate
a climate with warm, dry summers and cool, mild winters mainly found around the Mediterranean Sea
mixed crop/livestock
a farm that raises animals but also feed for those animals and makes money selling the animal products
commercial gardening
US southeast; truck farming-grow fruits + vegetables, use machinery and/or migrant farm workers
subsistence agriculture
when the focus of agriculture is to produce enough food to feed the family but with little, if any, profit
agribusiness
farming as part of a larger food production system
grain farming
crops are grown primarily for human consumption-sell output to manufacturers of food products such as breakfast cereals and bread
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