buying the farm
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The Yakama Nation recently expressed interest in buying the farm — now a 1,600-acre company that supplies top grocery chains — seeing an opportunity to improve the community’s access to healthy produce.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2022
Meanwhile Plaid Cymru said the purpose of buying the farm remained unclear.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2022
Casertano’s, which John Casertano’s grandfather began in 1929 after buying the farm from his parents, produces 6.5 million pots of perennials and ground covers annually.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2017
Two years ago, the Holiday Organization, a development company, proposed buying the farm to expand its adjacent Hamlet Golf and Country Club.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2011
I suppose he thought that Addison was bidding for the old Squire; but I knew that the old Squire had no thought of buying the farm.
From A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens
