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Wild farming
The agricultural technique known as "Wild Farming" is a growing alternative to "factory farming". Wild farming consists of planting crops that are highly associated and supportive to the natural ecosystem.〔Imhoff, Daniel. 2003. “Farming with the Wild: Enhancing Biodiversity on Farms and Ranches.” Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, CA.〕 This includes intercropping with native plants, following the contours and geography of the land, and supporting local food chains.〔Altieri, Miguel A. 2000. “Ecological Impacts of Industrial Agriculture and the Possibilities for Truly Sustainable Farming.” Hungry For Profit. Eds: Magdoff-Buttel et al. Monthly Review Press, New York, NY〕 The goal is to produce large crop yields, while still promoting a healthy environment. Wild farming is a backlash against the dominance of factory farming. Up until the mid 20th century, agricultural crop yields relied on natural inputs such as rainfall patterns, natural soil resources, recycling of organic matter, and built-in biological control mechanisms.〔 Currently, agricultural practices have been conventionalized to include large monocropped fields and use of synthetics: pesticides and fertilizers. Avoiding the conventional farming practices, wild farming adopts many practices from sustainable agricultural systems such as agroecology, permaculture, forest farming, and greywater systems. The four basic guiding principles of the wild farming movement are:
# Direct managers to develop long-term vision for future of landscape
# Basic recognition of ecosystem processes.
# High value on biological diversity.
# To consider the quality of life of the community as well as the self.〔Jackson, Dana. 2002. "Farm as Natural Habitat: Reconnecting Food Systems with Ecosystems". Eds: Jackson, Dana & Jackson, Laura L. Island Press, Washington, D.C.〕
== Why is this important ==
As human population constantly rises so does the need for a sustainable food supply. Wild farming is a way to maximize crop yields while ensuring that future generations also have the resources to feed themselves. Currently, the largest future threat to sustainable agriculture is the scarcity of fresh water.〔 Between 1950 and the turn of the century the amount of agricultural land that is being irrigated rose from 8,000 to 120,000 km².〔Leopold, Luna. 1997. “Water Use”. Water, Rivers, and Creeks. University Science Books. Sausalito, CA.〕 One of the top priorities for wild farming is to help promote and preserve biological diversity among plants and living organisms alike. At the moment only a dozen varieties of plants create 80% of the modern world’s crops.〔 This is a major concern for conservation biologists as many forested areas that are home to many unique species continue to be clear-cut using slash and burn methods. This poses a threat to many of the world's species living in tropical rain forests.
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