truck farmer
Example Sentences
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Umakichi was a truck farmer, and after the farm’s produce had been packed, he would drive to the Los Angeles farmer’s market to sell it.
From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2020
A circa-1900 Chicago teacher marries a Dutch truck farmer and raises a son.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2020
The son of a poor Pennsylvania Dutch truck farmer, he got his schooling in one-room schoolhouses, spent his free time stoking stoves and cleaning blackboards for $5 a month to help the family get by.
From Time Magazine Archive
The son of a truck farmer, he "backed into deaning" after flying for the Marines in World War I, trying the textile business and teaching economics.
From Time Magazine Archive
The market gardener is the producer of vegetables for a local market, while the truck farmer produces similar products for a larger or wider distribution.
From The Young Farmer: Some Things He Should Know by Hunt, Thomas Forsyth
