truck farming
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ANNOUNCER: Activities include the operation of a modern dairy, the raising of hogs, and poultry, and intensive truck farming.
From Scientific American • Mar. 30, 2023
To Huissen's sandy soil the Dominicans brought vines and seedlings, and they persuaded the peasants to change from tobacco growing to truck farming.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hudson told the farmers that they could make from two to four times more per acre from truck farming than they had from their conventional crop.
From Time Magazine Archive
Resting during a long weekend at Hyde Park, the President spent his time planning to convert some swampland to truck farming.
From Time Magazine Archive
After twenty years of hard work and ruthless manipulation of small farmers, Marshall Turner had become the emperor of truck farming in one of the most fertile agricultural areas of the state.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
