What does “sustainable agriculture” mean?
An agriculture whose methods do not deplete soil, water, air, wildlife, or human community resources. Sustainable agriculture is a term used worldwide to refer to farming practices that strive for this ideal, as opposed to methods that rely heavily on petroleum products (like gasoline, chemical fertilizers, and pesticides) and/or exploited labor.
Sustainable agriculture is the use of seeds and techniques that does not damage the environment, is self-sustaining with minimal use of commercial fertilizers and pesticides, and where the seeds and plants are self-propagating. Back to top 11. What is economic development to Alistar? We believe that every person, every family and every community needs to be economically self-sufficient, in ways that promote justice, and environmental sustainability. 12. What is natural resource management? Natural resource management is the caring for the natural environment in ways that allows that environment to not only sustain itself, but to thrive. This would include knowing and understanding the range of plant and animal life and how to propagate the natural ecological systems, including the integration of people into those systems. 13. What kind of healthcare do you do? While we train women in the communities to treat the most common diseases in very simple health clinics, our main objective is
