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What does subsistence farm mean?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 12/28/2022

i believe you mean "subsistance" farming, but either way it's private farming. Families that subsistance farm only grow enough food to eat, and dont grow food for the purpose of selling the crop for profit.

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Jerrold Quitzon

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When did Subsistence Homesteads Division end?

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What is mean by subsistence?

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How much profit is made in a subsistence farm in central America?

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