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Article: Subsistence Agriculture
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- Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
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SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE
Subsistence agriculture is a system of farming that provided the amount of crops the farmer needed to feed his family, with very little surplus to sell. During settlement of what became the United States, European immigrants were interested in securing land titles or renting lands so they could establish their families and begin to farm. Because shipment of produce was costly and time-consuming, only farmers near ports grew crops that would be sold for cash.
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