Agriculture and Ecology
The Torah proscribes intercropping (Lev. 19:19, Deut 22:9), a practice often associated with sustainable agriculture and organic farming in modern agricultural science.
Leviticus 25:1-12 speaks of leaving fields fallow for a year every seven years.
The Mosaic code has provisions concerning the conservation of natural resources, such as trees (Deuteronomy 20:19-20 ) and birds (Deuteronomy 22:6-7 ).
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