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Recent Examples of agriculture Many experts, including a former agriculture minister, have repeatedly cautioned that Iran must keep water use below 40% of renewable supplies, leaving enough for rivers to flow, wetlands to breathe, and aquifers to naturally recharge. Nik Kowsar, Time, 2 Oct. 2025 These changes could also help cut annual greenhouse gas emissions from global food systems by more than half, according to the EAT-Lancet commission, a group of leading experts in agriculture, climate, economics, health and nutrition from more than 35 countries across six continents. Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025 Changes to global food systems are already underway, from school meal programs to regenerative agriculture and food waste reduction initiatives. Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2025 Sky High Farm, a historic apple-storage warehouse, was recently converted into a contemporary art space to raise awareness on food justice and local agriculture. AFAR Media, 1 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for agriculture
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farming
Noun
  • Nearly 70% of the planet’s ecoregions have already lost more than 50% of their natural areas, mostly to farming, the report said.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Iran can achieve that by abandoning water-hungry crops, shifting to smart farming, conserving every drop, and reviving flood-management techniques Iranians once mastered to recharge depleted aquifers.
    Nik Kowsar, Time, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Agriculture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agriculture. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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