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farm

[fahrm] / fɑrm /




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With the help of a walking stick, Bare visited her most beloved part of the farm on a recent morning.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

Officials said animals in two of the areas on the farm were disposed of by 13:30 on 29 June.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Okehampton Show's organisers said they were sad that farm animals, which were at the heart of last year's show, were not appearing at the event on Thursday.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

He was sent to do farm work and didn’t regain his political status until 1978, when Deng pivoted China away from Communist orthodoxy after Mao’s death.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Pa stared out at the farm with a faraway look in his eyes.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

At Swamp Rabbit Cafe and Grocery, the shelves heave with white strawberries, purple asparagus and other produce from 300 local farms.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

RWE is one of the world’s leading offshore wind developers, with 22 offshore wind farms currently in operation or or under construction around the world.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Pearl diving has all but disappeared, particularly after the mass production of cultured pearls on farms after World War I. In Gulf countries, the extinction of this profession converges with a familiar story.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Stephen Michael, a tomato farmer in Kimana, says elephants and giraffes occasionally raid farms in the area.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

She died when I was about seven years old, on one of my master’s farms, near Lee’s Mill.

From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass

We skirted Penny Island, where native Pomo people lived and farmed for generations before immigrants from Europe arrived.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Visiting one celebrated restaurant in San Francisco, he describes the preparation of commercially farmed abalone steaks as someone who knows his way around a commercial kitchen.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Even inland species, such as tilapia or pond-based farmed shrimp, she said, could be affected by El Niño indirectly through a breakdown in fish meal supplies.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

Archaeology shows there was no dramatic contraction in the amount of land that was farmed.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

Abram and Eliza Garfield farmed their land in sparsely populated Orange Township, not far from Lake Erie and Cleveland.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

Their vision: a test kitchen of sorts that models how farming can, and should, be done.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

New technologies bring dislocation, as changes in farming have to small towns where I live.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

The technique makes it possible to analyze genetic information preserved in parchment and could reveal new details about trade, farming, and other aspects of life stretching back roughly 1,300 years.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

With tears in his eyes, Amin said the grass along the riverbank "has all gone" and farming is no longer possible due to "the wind and dust".

From Barron's Aug. 9, 2026

The Tohoku region, dotted with tiny farming and fishing villages, is famous for its remoteness at the best of times.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland




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