Sustainable agriculture: Quick Facts

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A man in blue work clothes crouches in a greenhouse, harvesting spring onions and placing them in a gray crate surrounded by green leafy vegetables.

Three Duroc pigs with reddish-brown coats stand close together on grassy ground at a farm in the Scottish Highlands.

Three wind turbines stand on a grassy hill above farmland with scattered hay bales, illustrating sustainable agriculture and renewable energy use.

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Topics

composting Crop rotation Green manure Smother crop Cover crop Organic farming sustainability Regenerative agriculture Agroforestry Perennial agriculture aquaculture Intensive animal farming Aquaponics Milpa collectivization Subsistence farming enclosure Intensive agriculture equal-field system commune