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truck farm
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truck farm
n.
A farm producing vegetables for the market.

[From truck.]

truck farmer n.
truck farming n.

truck farm
n
(Business / Commerce) US and Canadian a market garden
truck farmer  n
truck farming  n

truck farm - Refers to the sense of truck as "commodities for sale," and, later, "garden produce for market."
See also related terms for truck.
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Noun1.truck farm - a farm where vegetables are grown for markettruck farm - a farm where vegetables are grown for market
farm - workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit; "it takes several people to work the farm"


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The Last Harvest, Truck Farmers in the Deep South (University of Georgia Press, $32.
He describes the Piedmont Plateau, the Tidewater, the merchants' and planters' estates, the truck farmers and rural villages that slowly became absorbed into what was becoming a city while retaining their country character, the churches that became hubs and the ability of certain areas at certain times to retain or create a unique sense of place and purpose.
Her father was a truck farmer who challenged the stereotype of Black inferiority.
 
 
 
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