Farmer
Works the land
A farmer is a person who works the land, raising crops or livestock for food, fiber, or other products.
The term covers everything from small-scale subsistence farmers to operators of large commercial operations.
Farming as a verb means to cultivate land or raise animals: She farms three hundred acres of corn and soybeans.
To farm out work is to delegate it to others.
Cultivation of land, livestock
- harvestGathering mature crops
- cropsCultivated plants for harvest
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- tractorAgricultural pulling vehicle
barn · fields · planting · irrigation · seeds · agronomist · rancher · sharecropper
Low-status agricultural laborer
- campesinoSpanish-speaking rural farmer
- yeomanIndependent cultivator or naval clerk
- crofterScottish small-scale tenant farmer
- kulakProsperous Russian peasant
hacienda · plantation · paddy · terraces · subsistence · collective · cooperative · landowner
Make or manufacture
- organicFrom living matter
- localOf this area
- farmstandRoadside agricultural retail booth
- wholesaleBulk sales to merchants
commodity · cooperative · artisan · heirloom · sustainable · agribusiness · distributor · vendor
Manager for another
- providerOne who furnishes things
- caretakerOne who maintains property
- backboneVertebral column, or courage
- salt-of-the-earthFundamentally good, dependable person
hardworking · resilient · self-reliant · weathered · generational · family · heritage · tradition
agriculture
Cultivation of land, livestock
tractor · barn · fields · planting · irrigation · seeds · agronomist · rancher · sharecropper · tenant
peasant
Low-status agricultural laborer
- campesinoSpanish-speaking rural farmer
- yeomanIndependent cultivator or naval clerk
- crofterScottish small-scale tenant farmer
kulak · hacienda · plantation · paddy · terraces · subsistence · collective · cooperative · landowner · tenant
produce
Make or manufacture
wholesale · commodity · cooperative · artisan · heirloom · sustainable · agribusiness · distributor · vendor · buyers
steward
Manager for another
- providerOne who furnishes things
- caretakerOne who maintains property
- backboneVertebral column, or courage
salt-of-the-earth · hardworking · resilient · self-reliant · weathered · generational · family · heritage · tradition · roots
dairy
Milk-based foods collectively
tobacco · poultry · cattle · pig · sheep · vegetable · fruit · flower · coffee · tea
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- Renaissance ComposersByrd, Monteverdi, Gibbons, Victoria, John Dowland
Farmerfactory worker
Manufacturing floor employee
office worker · banker · industrialist · stockbroker · white-collar worker
Farmerurbanite
Metropolitan resident
city dweller · citydweller · city slicker · townie · metropolitan
- farm animalsDomesticated agricultural creatures
- farmer's marketOutdoor local produce sale
- farmers marketOutdoor local produce sale
- farmers' marketOutdoor venue for local produce
- livestock farmingBreeding animals for food
- farm systemPlayer development organization
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