AY Honor Subsistence Farming

Subsistence Farming

Skill Level

2

Year

2001

Version

18.04.2024

Approval authority

General Conference

Overview

While similar to Agriculture and sharing some things with the Gardening honor, this honor is specifically for learning how to grow a garden of sufficient size and crops to create enough food to feed a family year-around. Many tribal cultures use these same methods to survive! Now you can learn -- hands-on -- how to follow their example!

The Challenging Part

The most challenging requirement of this honor is probably this:

1. Participate in the preparation of a food garden nine meters square. Cover the following points.

a. Choosing the site

b. Clearing the bush

c. Cleaning the area

d. Preparation of the soil for planting