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agrarian

[uh-grair-ee-uhn] / əˈgrɛər i ən /


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The speech would later become Berry’s 1977 manifesto “The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture,” which launched a sustainable-farming movement and cemented Berry’s authority on agrarian issues on the national stage.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

However, northern Honduras has been the site of ongoing agrarian conflict for years.

From BBC May 22, 2026

Ukrainians have for centuries been mostly an agrarian nation, plowing fertile black soils and relying on neighbors for physical and spiritual succor.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 10, 2026

This framework also helps explain why agrarian societies, which normally benefit from living spread out, sometimes gathered in cities despite the financial and social costs.

From Science Daily Nov. 26, 2025

We were agrarian, unsophisticated, industrious people, Jews and Christians alike, whose lives revolved around family, our religious calendars, and the seasons of sowing and reaping.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson




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