LIST OF SUBSISTENCE TECHNIQUES

Subsistence is the food necessary to sustain life.
The following is a list of '''subsistence techniques''':

★ 'Hunting and Gathering techniques', also known as Foraging:

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★ freeganism — involves gathering of discarded food in the context of an urban environment.

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★ gleaning — involves the gathering of food that traditional farmers have left behind in their fields.

★ 'Cultivation':

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★ Horticulture — plant cultivation, based on the use of simple tools.

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★ subsistence agriculture — agricultural cultivation involving continuous use of arable (crop) land, and is more labor-intensive than horticulture.

★ 'Pastoralism', the raising of grazing animals:

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★ Pastoral nomadism — all members of the pastoral society follow the herd throughout the year.

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★ Transhumance or agro-pastoralism — part of the society follows the herd, while the other part maintains a home village.

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★ Ranch agriculture — non-nomadic pastoralism with a defined territory.

★ 'Distribution' and '':

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★ Redistribution

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★ Reciprocity — exchange between social equals.

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★ Potlatching — a widely studied ritual in which sponsors (helped by their entourages) gave away resources and manufactured wealth while generating prestige for themselves.

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★ LETS — Local Exchange Trading Systems.

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See also

See also

★ List of alternative lifestyles

★ List of things which are neither production nor consumption

★ Staple food

★ Society