Thesaurus results for AGROECOLOGY

agroecology

noun

Definition of agroecology

as in agribusiness

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Recent Examples of agroecology The site serves as a working farm and education center focused on agroecology, carbon capture, soil health, and sustainable supply chains. — Francois Botha, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025 The program helps the school’s agroecology program maintain the garden. — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 3 June 2025 Since then, the group has implemented land restoration, reforestation and agroecology projects for approximately 800 Indigenous communities in Chad and Niger. — Eduardo Garcia, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024 In the United States, some nonprofits such as the Traditional Native American Farmers Association have sought to promote agroecology. — Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for agroecology

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The respondents were primarily agribusiness executives, consultants, technology providers and researchers, so the findings reflect industry perspectives.

— Aidan Connolly, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026
But supporters also warned that a Congress increasingly dominated by the far right and the agribusiness caucus could undermine those efforts to protect the forest and combat climate change.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of agribusiness

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Origins of the Grand Mosque During the war, a former colonial agronomy school on the outskirts of Paris was converted to a temporary hospital for soldiers from the empire.

— Shannon Fogg, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2026
According to a press release, the private club division of Troon, called Troon Privé, will oversee club operations, course agronomy, the food and beverage program, membership sales and marketing.

— Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of agronomy

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Achieving this beautiful landscape requires careful cultivation and maintenance; one effective strategy is dormant lawn seeding.

— SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 3 Nov. 2026
There is not enough arable land in China to both expand soybean cultivation and sustain self-reliance in staple grains.

— JOEL WUTHNOW, Foreign Affairs, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of cultivation

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Coming from a farming and ranching background himself, Simpson will help advance agriculture in the state, promote a safe and high-quality food supply, protect customers and work to responsibly manage Colorado's environmental and natural resources.

— Christa Swanson, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
After a global famine, survivors form a ruthless regime to colonize Indigenous land for agriculture and punish unsanctioned procreation with death.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of agriculture

Noun

The inspiration While Peter had grown up gardening in the small plot of his family home in London, Julie had no gardening experience, as someone who grown up on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

— Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
Flowers and gardening were integral to Eudora’s life in Jackson.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of gardening

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On the Iberian Peninsula, a sophisticated kind of agroforestry combined all three.

— Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026
Ashley Gill grew up on a cotton farm in Texas and served as an agroforestry Peace Corps volunteer in rural West Africa before joining Textile Exchange in 2010.

— Bart Vollaard, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of agroforestry

Noun

Jamie Viebach is a horticulture educator at the University of Illinois extension.

— Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 6 Nov. 2026
My hot arboist is entirely my own imagination and not in any way related to the real director of horticulture who lives in Green-Wood with his wife and family.

— CBS News, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of horticulture

Noun

Coming from a farming and ranching background himself, Simpson will help advance agriculture in the state, promote a safe and high-quality food supply, protect customers and work to responsibly manage Colorado's environmental and natural resources.

— Christa Swanson, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
The rest is produced by human activities, including oil, gas and coal production, farming and landfills.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2026

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