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Recent Examples of monoculture
This includes incorporating more agroforestry, by phasing out unshaded monoculture farming.
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Indrabati Lahiri, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
But that large-scale monoculture faded by the 1990s amid international competition, and officials began to promote smaller farms — some, like Kongphan’s, just a few acres — with a wider array of crops that could be sold to local grocery stores or at farmers markets.
—Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
This option is ideal for a landscape area where a vigorous weed has taken over, forming a monoculture.
—David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 17 May 2026
But that large-scale monoculture faded by the 1990s amid international competition, and officials began to promote smaller farms — some, like Kongphan's, just a few acres — with a wider array of crops that could be sold to local grocery stores or at farmers markets.
—ABC News, 16 May 2026
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Indrabati Lahiri, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
But that large-scale monoculture faded by the 1990s amid international competition, and officials began to promote smaller farms — some, like Kongphan’s, just a few acres — with a wider array of crops that could be sold to local grocery stores or at farmers markets.
—Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
This option is ideal for a landscape area where a vigorous weed has taken over, forming a monoculture.
—David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 17 May 2026
But that large-scale monoculture faded by the 1990s amid international competition, and officials began to promote smaller farms — some, like Kongphan's, just a few acres — with a wider array of crops that could be sold to local grocery stores or at farmers markets.
—ABC News, 16 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monoculture
Noun
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But de Liedekerke stressed that the potential benefits of regenerative agriculture go beyond climate change.—
Jasmin Sykes,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
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Driven by poverty, displacement, limited access to quality education and other factors, child labor is most prevalent in agriculture and disproportionately affects children in the world’s poorest regions.—
Sarah Ferguson,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Noun
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The couple say business is booming and that micro-farming is both a business and an enjoyable hobby.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
17 June 2026
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Since taking up farming in 2019, Clarkson has become an outspoken agriculture advocate who has railed against the government’s decision to introduce inheritance tax on farmland in November 2024.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 June 2026
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There’s something quietly radical in that insistence that transformation doesn’t require a grand reset, just patient cultivation of alternatives.—
Daniel Scheffler,
SPIN,
15 June 2026
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The wine-country startup wanted to revolutionize the cultivation of grapes and other fruit with $100,000 robotractors, but the technology didn’t work well enough.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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Its growth was stimulated by small gold strikes in the 1880s and, most importantly, by pastoralism.—
Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
19 Mar. 2026
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Frachetti, who specializes in pastoralism in the Bronze Age, was also not involved with the study.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
18 Nov. 2025
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Multiple teams —including the animal husbandry team and veterinary team — work together to assess the animal’s quality of life.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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The museum holds an eclectic collection from the Fabyans, who were involved in diplomacy, scientific research, farming and animal husbandry.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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With stages stretching from Freedom Corner to the Point and crowds growing every year, Pittsburgh’s Juneteenth celebration has evolved into a centerpiece of the city’s summer calendar and a living testament to Black culture, commerce and community pride downtown.—
Gabby Sartori,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
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Teacher Pritul Patel said the school's culture embraces students' differences rather than treating them as obstacles.—
Alexa Liacko,
CBS News,
22 June 2026
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Deforestation over the same period fell 12% in the Cerrado, a savanna in central Brazil that has long been under pressure from the powerful agribusiness sector.—
Gabriela Sa Pessoa,
Fortune,
12 June 2026
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Deforestation over the same period fell 12% in the Cerrado, a savanna in central Brazil that has long been under pressure from the powerful agribusiness sector.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 June 2026
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“Monoculture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monoculture. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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