Yield Farming is a cornerstone of the Decentralized Finance (DeFi) movement enabled by blockchains with smart contract capabilities such as Ethereum and BSC. Yield farming is a way for investors to earn returns by depositing funds into a “farm” consisting of various pools that are purely governed by a smart contract. Users can “farm” the returns by “harvesting” the rewards (like $GEM) as you would a crop, and then choosing to sell them, keep them or reinvest them. Funds deposited in a legitimate yield farm are governed only by the rules publicly verifiable in the smart contract code; no one else has arbitrary control of the funds, unlike in a traditional banking or investing scenario.