farmed

past tense of farm
as in cultivated
to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on we're planning on farming 50 acres the first year

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Recent Examples of farmed Where land has been converted for other uses, once-prime farmland often can never be farmed again. Connor Giffin, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Sep. 2025 The company produces an array of wines from grapes farmed in Woodside, part of the Santa Cruz Mountains American Viticultural Area. Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025 The MooresviIle Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a longtime landowner’s request Monday night to build 107 homes, geared to ages 55 and older, on 55 of the acres her family farmed for generations. Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2025 Often, the soil was intensively and industrially farmed only a few years ago. Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for farmed
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  • The fruit originated in temperate regions of the world like Europe and Asia, where wild species were cultivated thousands of years ago.
    Daryl Austin, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
  • After years of research and development, the brand launched Bananatex in 2018, a revolutionary material made from abacá fibers cultivated regeneratively in the Philippines.
    Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
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  • But other vegetables, like tomatoes or peppers, need to be harvested before temperatures dip too low.
    Amy Brightfield, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Gleaners from a local anti-hunger group harvested some of the crops to donate to nearby food banks and shelters.
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
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  • Hidden inside the bathroom of her family home was a secret camera — planted by her second husband, a respected local physician.
    Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Loyd, Jackie Young and Chelsea Gray all bragged to Hammon on the championship podium that their plants are still alive — and ran with the metaphor all season of being planted, not buried.
    Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025

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“Farmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farmed. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.

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