Farming Methods
Growing the same crop every year in the same soil, which harms soil health.
What is mono-cropping?
This type of panel is used to generate clean energy for a farm.
What is a solar panel?
These flying insects are essential for pollination.
What are bees?
This gas, released by cars and farming, traps heat in the atmosphere and contributes to climate change — something sustainable farming tries to reduce.
What is carbon dioxide
This root vegetable is often grown in farms because it requires less water than leafy greens.
What is a carrot?
This method avoids synthetic pesticides, herbicides, and GMOs.
What is organic farming?
This renewable energy source can power irrigation pumps and reduce fossil fuel use.
What is solar energy?
Predatory insects like ladybugs and spiders help with this.
What is natural pest control?
Choosing crops that need less water helps farmers adapt to droughts and protect water supplies — an important part of sustainable farming.
What are drought-resistance crop?
This grain crop is drought-tolerant and often used in farms located in dry regions.
What is a millet?
Growing different crops in a planned sequence.
What is crop-rotation?
Tractors and harvesters that use electricity or biofuels instead of gas.
What are energy-efficient machines?
This method increases plant biodiversity by growing multiple crop species together.
What is polyculture (mixed-cropping)?
Cows release this powerful greenhouse gas, so sustainable farmers find ways to reduce it with better feed or grazing methods.
What is methane?
Legumes like this crop help improve soil fertility by fixing nitrogen naturally.
What is a pea/bean?
Farming practice that covers plants to protect and enrich soil.
What is cover cropping?
These systems monitor soil moisture to water crops only when needed.
What are smart irrigation systems?
This grazing practice supports plant and animal diversity by rotating livestock across different pastures.
What is rotational grazing?
Farmers grow a variety of crops to protect against changing weather and reduce the risk of losing everything to one bad season.
What is crop diversification?
This crop is commonly grown in rotation with corn to help reduce pests and improve soil health.
What is soybean?
This practice grows crops and raises livestock together to mimic natural systems.
What is integrated farming (or agroecology)?
The overall environmental impact of energy and resource use on the farm.
Farmers can protect biodiversity by leaving natural areas like ponds, forests, or hedgerows on their land, which provide homes for many species.
What is natural habtat?
Planting trees and restoring wetlands helps farms remove carbon from the air — a sustainable way to fight climate change.
What is carbon sequestration?
This deep-rooted crop improves soil structure and is often grown to reduce erosion and increase organic matter in farming systems.
What is alfalfa?