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List of subsistence techniques

Subsistence is the food necessary to sustain life. The following is a list of '''''subsistence economy|subsistence techniques''''':
- '''Hunter-gatherer|Hunting and Gathering techniques''', also known as Foraging:
    - freeganism — involves gathering of discarded food in the context of an urban environment (eg by dumpster diving, ...].
    - gleaning — involves the gathering of food that traditional farmers have left behind in their fields.
- '''Cultivation''':
    - Horticulture — plant cultivation, based on the use of simple tools.
    - subsistence agriculture — Agriculture|agricultural cultivation involving continuous use of Arable land|arable (crop) land, and is more labor-intensive than horticulture.
    - Guerrilla_gardening|Guerrilla gardening - plant cultivation on (unused) areas of land that are not owned by the cultivator himself, but is squatting|squat instead
- '''Animal husbandry|Pastoralism''', the raising of grazing animals:
    - Pastoral nomadism — all members of the pastoral society follow the herd throughout the year.
    - Transhumance or agro-pastoralism — part of the society follows the herd, while the other part maintains a home village.
    - ranching|Ranch agriculture — non-nomadic pastoralism with a defined territory.
- '''distribution (business)|Distribution''' and '''wiktionary:exchange|Exchange''':
    - Redistribution
    - Reciprocity — exchange between social equals.
    - Potlatching — a widely studied ritual in which sponsors (helped by their entourages) gave away resources and manufactured wealth while generating prestige for themselves.
    - LETS — Local Exchange Trading Systems.

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