How does farm diversity facilitate sustainable agriculture?
Farm diversity is the key to sustainable agriculture. A diverse group of animals, with each supplying you with a product as well as manure for your crops. Rabbits can supply you with meat for the table as well as to sell and excellent manure for crops. Chickens for eggs and meat and manure, also can forage in your fields for insects. Goats are excellent animals for a sustainable farm. They can utilize areas of your land that might not be suitable for other uses. They give bush and weed control as well as meat and milk. Milk gives you a product that you can easily add value by making cheese and butter. Diversity of crops lending itself to crop rotation as well as supplying different products you will need such as wheat for bread, and straw for bedding or even bailed straw for building. Soybeans and/or Canola can be processed for oil to heat your house and farm buildings. It is also a legume crop that fits well into your crop rotation system. The byproduct makes a good protein sources fo
