*The quality of a state or process that allows it to be maintained indefinitely; the principles of sustainability integrate three closely interlinked elements—the environment, the economy, and the social system—into a system that can be maintained in a healthy state indefinitely.
*http://nfdp.ccfm.org/compendium/harvest/terminology_e.php
**The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock. Agriculture as an occupation or way of life. Relating to rural matters; "an agrarian (or agricultural) society."
**The coalescence or union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts.
**http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=farming
