1. Comparisons of Different Methods
Farming
Comparisons of Different Methods

2. Subsistence
Growing food for your own use.

3. Cash Crop
Growing a crop to sell for money.

4. Conventional
Using
Mostly fossil fuel powered farm equipment instead of human labor.
Synthetic chemical pesticides to kill pests/insects.
Synthetic chemical herbicides to kill weeds.
Synthetic chemical fertilizer to increase soil fertility.

5. Organic
Using
Some fossil fuel powered machinery but usually a higher percentage of human and animal based power.
Natural methods of pest and weed control including:
Biological control
Hand picking
Mechanized weeding
Natural fertilizers either made from animal manure or composted organic material.

6. Biological Control
Encouraging/introducing natural predators and diseases that kill pests and weeds.
Using farm animals such as goats or chickens to eat weeds/insect pests.
Directly introducing a predator.
Using natural landscape features to give predators a place to live/overwinter in.

7. Biological Control

8. Integrated Pest Management
Using mostly organic pest management and some targeted applications of least toxic pesticides.