| organic farm |
a farm where crops are grown without exposure to chemical pesticides or chemical fertilizers and/or where animals raised for food are not given artificial hormones or antibiotics and are grazed on land that has not had recent treatment with chemical pesticides or fertilizers. In addition, organic farms do not use genetically modified seeds for crops or genetically modified food substances as feed for animals. |
| parity |
in the United States, a level of government support for farm prices that gives farmers purchasing power equivalent to that in a chosen base period. [1/4 definitions] |
| peasant |
a member of the class of farm laborers and small farmers, esp. in Europe. [1/2 definitions] |
| plantation |
a large farm or estate used for cultivating commercial crops such as rubber, tea, cotton, or coffee. [1/3 definitions] |
| plough |
a heavy farm tool that has a wide blade and is pulled by a tractor or strong animal. Ploughs are used for turning over and cutting through soil. |
| plow |
a heavy farm tool that has a broad blade, is drawn by a tractor or animals, and is used for turning and cultivating the soil. [1/11 definitions] |
| plowman |
a farm laborer; rustic. [1/2 definitions] |
| ranch |
a large farm, esp. in the western United States, where cattle, horses, or other livestock are raised on a large area of land. [1/3 definitions] |
| ranching |
the occupation of raising cattle, sheep, horses or other similar livestock on the open range or on a farm with an extensive area of land. |
| scab |
mange or scabies in domestic or farm animals. [1/6 definitions] |
| smokehouse |
a place, esp. an outbuilding on a farm, where meat or fish is cured with smoke. |
| sovkhoz |
in the former Soviet Union, a government-owned farm. |
| spreader |
a farm machine used for spreading fertilizer or seed. [1/4 definitions] |
| stock |
farm animals; livestock. [1/16 definitions] |
| stud2 |
a stable, farm, or ranch where such animals are kept; stud farm. [1/5 definitions] |
| superfarm |
combined form of farm. |
| sustainable agriculture |
a method of agriculture that allows a farmer to produce crops and raise livestock without damaging the farm as an ecosystem, thus allowing for a conserved or improved natural resource base to be passed on to subsequent generations of farmers. |
| tractor |
a powerful motorized vehicle with large, heavily treaded tires, used to pull farm machinery. [1/2 definitions] |
| truck farm |
a farm that grows vegetables to be marketed. |
| wain |
a cart or wagon used on a farm. |
| wwoofer |
a person who works on a volunteer basis on an organic farm and who receives food and shelter on the farm by the owner in exchange for the labor provided. |