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A smallholding is a farm of small size, often too small to be efficient. The utility of smallholdings varies from place to place. Image File history File links Gnome-globe. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...

In the third world smallholdings are usually subsistence farms supporting a single family. As a country becomes more affluent and farming practices become more efficient, smallholdings may persist as a legacy of historical land ownership practices. In more affluent societies smallholdings may be valued primarily for the rural lifestyle that they provide. Frequently the owner does not make their main income from the farm.

Smallholdings in Britain

In British usage, a smallholding is a piece of land and its adjacent living quarters for the smallholder and stabling for farm animals, on a smaller scale than that of a farm but larger than an allotment, usually under 50 acres (0.2 km²). It is often established for the breeding of farm animals on an organic basis on free-range pastures. Alternatively, the smallholder may concentrate on the growing of vegetables by various traditional methods or in a more modern way using plastic covers, tunnelling or cloches for quick growth. Leland Stanfords horse stable, still in use Horse kept in stable A stable is a building in which livestock, usually horses, are kept. ... Farms, East of Gorgan, Iran. ... Look up allotment in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... An acre is the name of a unit of area in a number of different systems, including Imperial units and United States customary units. ... Farms, East of Gorgan, Iran. ... Free range is a method of farming husbandry where the animals are permitted to roam freely instead of being contained in small sheds and cages, as in factory farming. ... A plate of vegetables Vegetable is a culinary term which generally refers to an edible part of a plant. ... Cloche (French language for bell) may refer to the following: Bell (instrument), especially in music directions A glass covering for protecting plants from cold temperatures A close-fitting womens hat with a deep rounded crown and narrow rim A restaurants bell-shaped cover for a plate of food...

Generally, a smallholding offers its owner a means of achieving self-sufficiency as to his and his family's own needs which he may be able to supplement by selling surplus produce, and to that end, temporary booths or more permanent shop facilities are often part of a smallholding. Autonomy is the condition of something that does not depend on anything else. ... Surplus means the quantity left over, after conducting an activity; the quantity which has not been used up, and can refer to: budget surplus, the opposite of a budget deficit economic surplus Surplus product or surplus value in Marxian economics physical surplus in the economic theory of Piero Sraffa Operating... Booth can refer to: // Open Cabins Telephone booth Polling booth, see polling station Photo booth Ticket booth (see also box office) Toll booth, see toll road Booth in a restaurant Booth in a trade fair Spanking booth, kissing booth - attractions in a carnival, a fair, etc. ... Drawing of a self-service store. ...

In a separate development, so-called pick-your-own-fruit (or vegetable) farms (farm being a convenient term rather than a reflection on its size) have appeared over the years in the vicinity of towns, which in type of management do belong to the category of smallholdings rather than farms.

They usually consist of a large field which has been subdivided into strips of areas for fruit trees, shrubs or various types of vegetables, all the kinds of produce which come to ripen in their different seasons. In this type of establishment, once the initial layout and investment (in plants, trees, shrubs, etc.) has been completed, only the replanting of annual vegetables, the maintenance of perennials, the minimum weeding of the area needs to be undertaken, while the consumers themselves do their own harvesting. Additionally, of course, facilities have to be set up so that the customer may pay for the amount of produce they have been able to 'pick'. A plum tree Flowering almond tree A fruit tree is a tree bearing fruit — the structures formed by the ripened ovary of a flower containing one or more seeds. ... A broom shrub in flower A shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 6 m tall. ... Ripening is a process in fruit that causes them to become more edible. ... Peas are an annual plant. ... Look up Perennial in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Crops have been harvested by hand throughout most of human history. ...

Hobby farms in Australia

A Hobby farm in Australian usage is a variety of smallholding that may be as small as 2 hectares up to a self-sustaining farm size, that allows the "city farmer" to have a house and a small number of animals or small crop fields or grape vines. An old dairy farm has become a hobby farm near Leicester, New York A hobby farm is a small farm that is maintained without expectation of being a primary source of income. ... A hectare (symbol ha) is a unit of area, equal to 10 000 square metres, commonly used for measuring land area. ... Species Vitis acerifolia Vitis aestivalis Vitis amurensis Vitis arizonica Vitis x bourquina Vitis californica Vitis x champinii Vitis cinerea Vitis x doaniana Vitis girdiana Vitis labrusca Vitis x labruscana Vitis monticola Vitis mustangensis Vitis x novae-angliae Vitis palmata Vitis riparia Vitis rotundifolia Vitis rupestris Vitis shuttleworthii Vitis tiliifolia Vitis...

Lifestyle blocks in New Zealand

In New Zealand a lifestyle block is a smallholding valued primarily for its rural lifestyle. Planning restrictions on subdivision of farming land often lead to the phenomenon of lifestyle blocks of minimal permissible size springing up near urban areas. An old dairy farm has become a hobby farm near Leicester, New York A hobby farm is a smallholding or small farm that is maintained without expectation of being a primary source of income. ...

Third World usage

In many Third World countries, a smallholding is a small plot of land with low rental value, used to grow crops.^[1] For the Jamaican reggae band, see Third World (band). ...

Notes and references

1. ^ Bunnett, R.B. (2002). Interactive Geography 4, pp. 125, 315. SNP Pan Pacific Publishing. ISBN 981-208-657-9.