See these websites for overview: http://www20.brinkster.com/microfarm/IBS_Flowchart/IBS_Flowchart_01.html http://www20.brinkster.com/microfarm/IBS_ECOSYN_01/IBS-ECOSYN-01.html Integrated Biological Systems (IBS) microfarming is a technology for the future which has these benefits: will never be obsolete; perpetually sustainable; zero pollution-erosion-chemical_trespass; dependably profitable; low-stress. From freelists. perspective ~ uses many subsystems for reduced labor: automatic drip irrigation, automatic waterers for livestock, electric temperature-controlled egg incubators, etc.