cultivation
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Food labeled as organic in the state of California has to be registered with the California Department of Food and Agriculture and conform to principles of cultivation.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
In the 19th century’s first four decades, Chapman traveled, mostly on foot, throughout western Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, bringing seeds and methods of cultivation to settlers flooding the region.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
The cultivation of orchids is a resource heavy business.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
Agriculture is also a major emitter through the methane released by livestock during digestion as well as rice cultivation, where flooded fields create ideal conditions for methane-emitting bacteria.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
Between 10,000 and 9000 B.C. the people living there may already have been residing year-round in villages, but they were still hunter-gatherers; crop cultivation began only in the succeeding millennium.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing cultivation
Human Geography - Middle School
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Human Geography - High School
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