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agrarian

[uh-grair-ee-uhn] / əˈgrɛər i ən /


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People across the world adapt to a more agrarian lifestyle, learning to fill the land with root vegetables, grains and legumes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Many see themselves as pioneers seeking a simple agrarian life in the rugged hills without smartphones or other modern accouterments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

The speech would later become Berry’s 1977 manifesto “The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture,” which launched a sustainable-farming movement and cemented Berry’s authority on agrarian issues on the national stage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Factories in the industrializing North churned out munitions in volumes the agrarian South couldn’t touch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

The issue was agrarian versus commercial sources of wealth.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis


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