as in farming
the science or occupation of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock
the forest was cut down, and the land given over to agriculture
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Jiefeng Sun, PhD, an assistant professor at ASU, and co-author of the study, noted the muscles could be used across agriculture, industry, healthcare, home tasks and even future space missions.
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 3 Apr. 2026
Faith Farms and Lake County’s My Brother’s Keeper Alliance are partnering to bring middle and high school students closer to urban agriculture this spring and summer.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
The center-right government quickly reshuffled the Cabinet, appointing former European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas as agriculture minister.
—ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
Barbed wire served as a symbol of violence and oppression, but also of agriculture, cultivation and survival.
—Samantha Lee, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2026
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 3 Apr. 2026
Faith Farms and Lake County’s My Brother’s Keeper Alliance are partnering to bring middle and high school students closer to urban agriculture this spring and summer.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
The center-right government quickly reshuffled the Cabinet, appointing former European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas as agriculture minister.
—ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
Barbed wire served as a symbol of violence and oppression, but also of agriculture, cultivation and survival.
—Samantha Lee, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2026
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farming
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Even careful farming practices cannot eliminate the risk, because contamination can occur at multiple points during production.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2026
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Abatti, 63, owns a large farming operation in the Imperial Valley, growing crops including sugar beets, alfalfa and melons.—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Agriculture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agriculture. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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