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Recent Examples of campesino
Junior vividly remembers his father struggling tirelessly to support the family as a campesino (agricultural worker), an electrician and more, while his mother, who had worked as a bank clerk in Mexico, cleaned hotel rooms despite her arthritis.
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Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
5 Mar. 2026
Proudly sporting the pava—the campesino hat of the island’s rural working class—Benito drags that symbol into every song, visual, and public appearance, parading around the world as both patron saint and chronicler of Puerto Rican music, art, aesthetics, and politics.
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Pitchfork,
2 Dec. 2025
On May 12, a group of rural campesinos staged a peaceful protest to draw attention to threats of land eviction.
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Nelson Mauricio Rauda Zablah,
Christian Science Monitor,
6 June 2025
The portraiture of a Black woman, along with the straw hat (an item synonymous with campesino iconography), brought together several concepts, and grew to become Catlett’s most renowned image in the eyes of many.
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Okla Jones,
Essence,
23 Mar. 2025
The consequences were devastating for Andean campesinos of Indigenous descent, who had been a strong base of support for the new president.
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Stephanie McNulty & Sarah Chartock / Made By History,
TIME,
10 Oct. 2024
The only way to keep vallenato alive is for the campesino to not be displaced.
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Daniella Tello-Garzon,
refinery29.com,
6 Aug. 2024
In the 1980s, campesinos began to grow the fruit too.
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Viridiana Hernández Fernández,
Discover Magazine,
3 June 2024
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
5 Mar. 2026
Proudly sporting the pava—the campesino hat of the island’s rural working class—Benito drags that symbol into every song, visual, and public appearance, parading around the world as both patron saint and chronicler of Puerto Rican music, art, aesthetics, and politics.
—
Pitchfork,
2 Dec. 2025
On May 12, a group of rural campesinos staged a peaceful protest to draw attention to threats of land eviction.
—
Nelson Mauricio Rauda Zablah,
Christian Science Monitor,
6 June 2025
The portraiture of a Black woman, along with the straw hat (an item synonymous with campesino iconography), brought together several concepts, and grew to become Catlett’s most renowned image in the eyes of many.
—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
23 Mar. 2025
The consequences were devastating for Andean campesinos of Indigenous descent, who had been a strong base of support for the new president.
—
Stephanie McNulty & Sarah Chartock / Made By History,
TIME,
10 Oct. 2024
The only way to keep vallenato alive is for the campesino to not be displaced.
—
Daniella Tello-Garzon,
refinery29.com,
6 Aug. 2024
In the 1980s, campesinos began to grow the fruit too.
—
Viridiana Hernández Fernández,
Discover Magazine,
3 June 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for campesino
Noun
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Kevin Costner is the Iowa farmer who hears strange voices and builds a ball field in his corn.
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Over the last three years, farmers in California and Arizona have agreed to leave hay fields dry part of the year in exchange for federal payments.
Noun
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Dressing gardens with compost helps improve soil structure and fertility, supports sustainable gardening practices, keeps ecosystems in balance and can reduce greenhouse gases, agriculturists tell us.
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Harvesting, usage, and benefits The type of rooibos predominantly cultivated by the tea industry is the Cederberg region’s Nortier (sometimes called Nortieria), named for the man credited with kick-starting the rooibos tea industry, South African agriculturalist Pieter le Fras Nortier.
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Her team includes artists, a part-time agronomist, and amateur gardeners.
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Heirloom carrots, artichokes, cauliflower, and other plants (many cultivated by an in-house agronomist) are transformed into gorgeous dishes designed to reveal the essence of each ingredient.
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Now some are calling for the government to buy farmland from willing growers and leave that land dry.
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This provides a clearer framework for businesses and growers, despite significant public interest in commercial cutting sales.
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The country is a top cultivator and exporter of greenhouse tomatoes (Mexico, China, Canada, the United States and Spain are the other power-green houses in this space, with an annual market of ~$10B growing to ~$16B by 2030).
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Tabar Gifford is a master gardener and partnership cultivator at American Meadows and High Country Gardens.
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Amateur gardeners should definitely take advantage of this under-$30 gardening tool set and this stone planter from Creative Co-Op.
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There’s no better time to pretty up your porch than the dead of summer, and this planter, combined with the season’s ample sunshine, warm temps, and the shrub or flowers of your choosing.
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“Campesino.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campesino. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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